State v. Brown

CONNOR, Judge:

A magistrate’s court jury found James A. Brown, Sr., guilty of speeding. Brown appealed his conviction to the Court of Common Pleas. The circuit court judge dismissed the appeal because Brown did not serve a timely notice of appeal on the South Carolina Department of Public Safety [SCDPS]. Brown appeals the dismissal. We affirm the decision of the circuit court as modified.

FACTS

On May 27, 1997, James A. Brown, Sr., was traveling east on Highway 76. Brown was clocked going 62 mph in a 40 mph zone by a moving radar mounted in a Highway Patrol cruiser. Lance Corporal Sherry McLeod…