State v. Johnson

295 S.C. 215 (1988)

367 S.E.2d 700

The STATE, Respondent

v.

Pearl JOHNSON, Appellant.

22865

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard February 1, 1988.

Decided April 25, 1988.

Chief Atty. William Isaac Diggs and Asst. Appellate Defender Tara Shurling Frick of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Att. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia, and Sol. Randolph Murdaugh, Jr., Hampton, for respondent.

Heard Feb. 1, 1988.

Decided April 25, 1988.

FINNEY, Justice:

Appellant, Pearl Johnson, was convicted for distributing cocaine…