STATE v. NV SUMATRA TOBACCO TRADING, CO.

No. 26522.

379 S.C. 81 (2008)

666 S.E.2d 218

STATE of South Carolina, Respondent, v. NV SUMATRA TOBACCO TRADING, CO., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 21, 2008.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel W. Collins, Jr., Gray T. Culbreath, and Christian Stegmaier, of Columbia; Christopher L. Rissetto and Jason P. Matechak, of Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Columbia, for respondent.


Acting Chief Justice MOORE.

Respondent (the State) filed a complaint alleging that appellant, NV Sumatra Tobacco Trading Co. (Sumatra), is a tobacco product manufacturer under the Tobacco Escrow Fund Act, S.C.Code Ann. § 11-47-10, et seq. (Supp.2007). The State alleged Sumatra had failed to make the escrow deposit and provide the certification required by the Act for cigarettes that had been sold in South Carolina.

Sumatra filed an answer and moved...

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