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STATE v. HATCHER

No. 26950.

392 S.C. 86 (2011)

708 S.E.2d 750

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Ricky L. HATCHER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr. , all of Columbia; and Solicitor William Benjamin Rogers, Jr. , of Bennettsville, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best , of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BEATTY:

This Court granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to review State v. Hatcher, 384 S.C. 372, 681 S.E.2d 925 (Ct.App.2009), in which the Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and sentence of Ricky L. Hatcher on drug charges on the ground the State failed to establish a sufficient chain of custody for the drug evidence. We reverse.

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