Legal Opinion
State v. Jihad
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided February 22, 2000No. 3124PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STILWELL, Judge:
An Anderson County grand jury indicted Naim Jihad for trafficking in marijuana. The trial court granted Jihad’s motion to suppress the drug evidence due to an illegal traffic stop by the arresting officer. The State appeals. We affirm.
FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On December 3, 1997, a highway patrol officer stopped Jihad on Interstate 85 when he observed that the right brake/tail light on Jihad’s 1971 vehicle was not operating. The officer gave Jihad a verbal warning and initially intended to allow him to proceed. However, the officer determined that *237Jihad was acting in an odd…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. JihadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2001