State v. Mims

Moss, Chief Justice:

Jake Mims, the appellant herein, was tried, convicted and sentenced at the 1974 January Term of the Court of General Sessions for Florence County, for the illegal possession of one vial of liquid Talwin, and one vial of Mellaril tablets, classified as dangerous drugs, in violation of Section 56-1313(4) of the Code, as amended. This appeal followed.

Prior to trial, the appellant moved to suppress the evidence in this case, the two vials of prescription drugs, on the ground that the search and seizure were not based on probable cause or justified as incident to a lawful…