Supreme Court of South Carolina

The State v. Daniel Martinez Herrera

January 30, 2019425 S.C. 558

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed Daniel Herrera's trafficking conviction because the trial court abused its discretion by admitting expert testimony on the weight of marijuana beyond the limited identification scope. The Court affirmed that qualifying the witness as an identification expert was proper, but excluded his weight testimony and remanded for a new trial.