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STATE v. BARROSO

No. 24719.

328 S.C. 268 (1997)

493 S.E.2d 854

The STATE, Respondent, v. Juan Adriano BARROSO a/k/a "Juan Juan", Kenneth D. Jefferson, David Ray Matthews, Michael A. Poston, Grier Carter Copeland, James Alfred Hudson a/k/a "Bimbo", Dennis M. Jefferson, John E. Watford, Jr., Herman McClain, Henry Christopher Grady, Ronald Mackey Amerson, Ronnie Ellison Moody, Derrick Randy Lloyd, James Michael Hill, James Napoleon Smith, William Van Jefferson, Bobby Bell, Garris Edwin Amerson, Ronald Thomas Rogers, Tommy L. McElveen, Freddie Stevens, Jr., and Gene Edward Taylor, Defendants, Of whom Bobby Bell, John E. Watford, Jr., James Michael Hill, and Tommy L. McElveen are Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, for petitioner Bobby Bell; Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, for petitioner John E. Watford; Assistant Appellate Defender M. Anne Pearce, for petitioner Tommy McElveen, all of S.C. Office of Appellate Defense; and Tara Dawn Shurling, Columbia, for petitioner James Michael Hill.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon; Chief Jonathan E. Ozmint, and Assistant Attorney General Chris Gantt Hoffman, both of State Grand Jury, Columbia, for respondent.

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

This is a state grand jury cocaine conspiracy case. Twentytwo individuals were indicted for trafficking in more than 400 grams. Eleven of the individuals were tried together; seven (including the four petitioners) were found guilty as charged, two were convicted of lesser offenses, and two were acquitted. The seven convicted of trafficking appealed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of six, and reversed that of the seventh. ...

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