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STATE v. CANNON

No. 24989.

336 S.C. 335 (1999)

520 S.E.2d 317

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Taurus M. CANNON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for petitioner.

Robert M. Dudek of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for respondent.

Assistant Solicitor Amie L. Clifford, of North Charleston, for amicus curiae Solicitors' Association of South Carolina, Inc., and South Carolina Sheriffs' Association.

BURNETT, Justice:

After he was arrested on charges of criminal domestic violence, the police searched Respondent Taurus M. Cannon and found crack cocaine in his pocket. Respondent was convicted of possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and sentenced to six years' imprisonment.1 Concluding the crack cocaine was inadmissible, the Court of Appeals reversed respondent's conviction and sentence. State v. Cannon,

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