· 6/28/1999
State v. Taub
Citations
- 519 S.E.2d 797
- 336 S.C. 310
- 1999 S.C. App. LEXIS 108
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- applying specific criminal trafficking statute and recognizing repeal by implication is disfavored
- finding error in the trial court's suspension of Taub's sentence—under the identical punishment set by the legislature for trafficking in cocaine—because the clear legislative intent was to restrict the general grant of authority for suspending sentences by stating in section 44-53-370(e
- \Judicial discretion . . . in suspending sentences . . . is subject to statutory restriction.\ (quoting State v. De La Cruz, 302 S.C. 13, 16, 393 S.E.2d 184, 186 (1990))
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Judges: Howard, Howell, Huff
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