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STATE v. BRANNON

No. 26855.

388 S.C. 498 (2010)

697 S.E.2d 593

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Ricky BRANNON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 9, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , Assistant Attorney General Michelle Parsons Kelley , all of Columbia, and Harold W. Gowdy, III , of Spartanburg, for Petitioner.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek , of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice HEARN:

We granted certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals erred in finding Ricky Brannon, who fled on foot from uniformed police officers after they ordered him to stop, was entitled to a directed verdict on the charge of resisting arrest. Although we disagree with the court of appeals' rationale, we affirm in result.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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