Mincey v. State

Chandler, Acting Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the denial of Elijah Mincey’s (Mincey’s) application for Post-Conviction Relief (PCR).

We reverse.

FACTS

Mincey was indicted for distribution of crack cocaine, conspiracy, and distribution within proximity of a school.

At trial, an undercover agent, Office James Rouse, testified that he and an informant, Charles Ann Chapman, went to Lin wood Street in Batesburg to make a drug buy. They drove up to a group of three or four men, one of whom approached the car. Rouse told the man he wanted to buy some crack, at which point the man…