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Sikes v. State

Citations

  • 448 S.E.2d 560
  • 323 S.C. 28
  • 1994 S.C. LEXIS 185

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  • explaining that an officer must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop a car
  • explaining that an officer must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop a car
  • finding ineffective assistance from failure to file suppression motion where \the unlawfully-obtained evidence was the only evidence of [the defendant's] possession of cocaine\
  • finding ineffective assistance from failure to file suppression motion where \the unlawfully-obtained evidence was the only evidence of [the defendant's] possession of cocaine\
  • assuming arguendo, that stop of motor vehicle passengers was reasonable, twenty minute detention while officers “went fishing” for some evidence of crime was not brief
  • assuming arguendo, that stop of motor vehicle passengers was reasonable, twenty-minute detention while officers “went fishing” for some evidence of crime was not brief

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Judges: Toal, Chandler, Finney, Moore, Harwell

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