STATE v. HUMPHRIES

No. 25629.

354 S.C. 87 (2003)

579 S.E.2d 613

The STATE, Respondent, v. Claude and Phil HUMPHRIES, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 14, 2003.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for petitioners.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, and Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia; and Solicitor C. Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for respondent.


Justice BURNETT.

Petitioners Claude and Phil Humphries were convicted of trafficking in marijuana. They were each sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment and fined $25,000. The Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions. State v. Humphries, 346 S.C. 435, 551 S.E.2d 286 (Ct.App.2001). We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision and now reverse.

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