Legal Opinion
State v. Amerson
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 22, 1993No. 23827PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Toal, Justice:
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the indictment alleging the respondents conspired to purchase and bring into the state more than one hundred (100) pounds of marijuana on Double Jeopardy grounds. We affirm.
FACTS
The respondents were indicted under two separate indictments. The first indictment alleged a conspiracy to traffic marijuana which was alleged to have run from February 1990 to September 1990 (hereinafter “post-1990 conspiracy”). The second indictment alleged an earlier conspiracy to traffic marijuana from November 1986…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Braverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- State v. LyleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
- State v. DasherSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- State v. MagazineSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. EaslerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
- State v. QuattlebaumSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
- State v. ThriftSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1994
- State v. GunnSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993
- State v. WhippleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1996
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