Title: State v, Johnson

State: south-carolina

Issuer: South Carolina Supreme Court

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court The State, Petitioner, v. Terrence Damon Johnson, Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From Charleston County A. Victor Rawl, Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2005-MO-011 Submitted March 21, 2005 Filed April 11, 2005 AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Petitioner Anthony B. O'Neill, Sr., Esquire, of Charleston, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Prior to being tried on various drug charges, respondent successfully moved to suppress evidence of the drugs, arguing they had been obtained pursuant to an illegal seizure. The Court of Appeals upheld the Circuit Court's finding that respondent was unlawfully detained by police. However, the Court of Appeals remanded the case to the Circuit Court for a specific ruling on whether respondent voluntarily consented to the search of his vehicle notwithstanding the illegal seizure. State v. Johnson, Op. No. 2003-UP-757 (S.C. Ct. App. filed December 23, 2003). Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' ruling that respondent was unlawfully detained by police. Additionally, petitioner seeks review of the Court of Appeals' decision to remand the case to the Circuit Court for a specific ruling on whether respondent voluntarily consented to the search of his vehicle. AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART. TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.