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STATE v. JOHNSON

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302 S.C. 243 (1990)

395 S.E.2d 167

THE STATE of South Carolina, Respondent v. Willie Lee JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Lawson, Jr., of Florence, and Kenneth R. Young, Jr., Sumter, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Staff Atty. Miller W. Shealy, Jr., Columbia, and Sol. J. Dupre Miller, Bennettsville, for respondent.

Heard Feb. 5, 1990.

Decided July 23, 1990.

TOAL, Justice:

Willie Lee Johnson was convicted of trafficking cocaine. On appeal, Johnson challenges the State's use of its peremptory challenges, the validity of the search warrants and the refusal of the trial judge to declare a mistrial because of a juror's communication with a third party. We affirm in part and remand in part.

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