STATE v. SPEARS

Opinion No. 27945.

429 S.C. 422 (2020)

839 S.E.2d 450

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Eric Terrell SPEARS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed February 12, 2020.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, and Interim Solicitor Heather Savitz Weiss, all of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Eric Terrell Spears was indicted for trafficking crack cocaine between ten and twenty-eight grams. Spears moved to suppress the evidence of the drugs seized from his person on the ground he was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The trial court denied the motion to suppress, and Spears was convicted as charged. The trial...

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