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POPE v. GORDON

No. 26179.

369 S.C. 469 (2006)

633 S.E.2d 148

Thomas E. POPE, as Solicitor, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Petitioner, v. Willie Edward GORDON, Jr., and Twenty-five Thousand Three Hundred Forty-one and 09/100's (25,341.09) Dollars in U.S. Currency, One 1984 GMC Pickup Truck; Two Motorola Cellular Phones (Serial Numbers; SUF1857M and SUG1049B 230 L012QT16WF1); and One Hundred Twenty-EIght & no/100s (128.00) Dollars in U.S. Currency, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristie H. Jordan, of York, for Petitioner.

Leland Bland Greeley, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

Chief Justice TOAL:

The court of appeals held that the State failed to provide probable cause that the property sought to be forfeited was traceable to illegal drug activity. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1996, William Edward Gordon, Jr. (Respondent) was arrested for trafficking in crack cocaine. At the time of his arrest, Respondent owned a car cleaning and detailing business named Gordon...

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