Legal Opinion

State v. Cain

Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Decided July 15, 2015No. Appellate Case No. 2013-000817; No. 5324PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

Charles Allen Cain appeals his conviction for trafficking methamphetamine, arguing the circuit court erred in (1) admitting testimony from the State’s forensic chemistry expert regarding the “theoretical yield” of methamphetamine he could have produced and (2) denying his motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On January 17, 2012, Deputy Kevan Kyle and Deputy Chris Wilbanks, both of the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office (the Sheriffs Office), encountered Cain and Tiphani Parkhurst while attempting to serve a family court bench warrant for Travis Kirby at a…

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