State v. Bryant

Finney, Justice:

Petitioner-Respondent (Bryant) was convicted of failure to stop for a blue light, resisting arrest, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and malicious injury to personal property. The Court of Appeals reversed the conviction for malicious injury to personal property and affirmed the remaining convictions. State v. Bryant, — S.C. —, 429 S.E. (2d) 816 (Ct. App. 1993). We granted both the State’s and Bryant’s writs of certiorari.

STATE’S ISSUE

While attempting to arrest Bryant for failure to stop for a blue light, a struggle ensued between the police officer and…