State v. Gregorie

Petitioner appealed his magistrate’s court speeding conviction to the circuit court which reversed and remanded for a new trial, finding the State failed to introduce any evidence of the applicable speed limit. Petitioner then appealed to the Court of Appeals which initially dismissed the appeal, then reinstated it, and ultimately filed an opinion which 2-1 affirmed the circuit court’s remand ruling. State v. Gregorie, 98-UP-118 (S.C.Ct.App. filed April 8, 1999). This Court granted petitioner’s request for a writ of certiorari. We now reverse.

The- first issue we address is whether a criminal…