State v. Taylor
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtShort, J.
Syllester D. Taylor appeals his conviction and thirty-year sentence for possession with intent to distribute (PWID) cocaine base, arguing the trial court erred in admitting the drug evidence because the officers lacked reasonable suspicion to stop him or probable cause to search his tennis ball. We *106agree. Therefore, we reverse Taylor’s conviction and vacate his sentence.1
FACTS
On July 25, 2006, between 10:30 and 11:00 p.m., Florence County Sheriffs Deputy Toby Bellamy received an anonymous tip indicating “a black male on a bicycle ... [was] possibly selling dope” on the “dirt portion of Ervin…
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- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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