Brown v. State

BURNETT, Justice:

Respondent was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. His petition for post conviction relief (PCR) was granted. We reverse.

FACTS

Charleston County Sheriffs deputies arrested respondent during a drug raid on an apartment in which respondent was a visitor. At respondent’s trial, the State presented four witnesses: three police officers who conducted the search and a forensic chemist with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The police officers testified respondent dropped a plastic bag containing a yellow substance from the window of the…