State v. Lee

Toal, Justice:

Daniel Lee was tried for and convicted of possession of cocaine. Lee alleges the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on “mere presence.” We affirm Lee’s conviction.

On the afternoon of August 31, 1987, Agent Ramey, employed by the South Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, was assisting Officer Frazier, employed by the Charleston County Police Department’s Narcotics Unit. While on patrol, the officers drove up to within six feet of a group of approximately six people standing in a semicircle next to a Charleston street. The group scattered when the…