STATE v. AMERSON

No. 23827.

428 S.E.2d 871 (1993)

The STATE, Appellant, v. Ronald Mackey AMERSON, Robert Leon Ham, a/k/a "Robbie," and Billy Ray Amerson, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen., T. Travis Medlock and Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Cameron M. Currie, Columbia, for appellant.

Edward E. Saleeby, Jr., Hartsville, and Olin L. Purvis, III, Darlington, for respondents.


TOAL, Justice:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the indictment alleging the respondents conspired to purchase and bring into the state more than one hundred (100) pounds of marijuana on Double Jeopardy grounds. We affirm.

FACTS

The respondents were indicted under two separate indictments. The first indictment alleged a conspiracy to traffic marijuana which was alleged to have run from February 1990...

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