Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1/12/2004

State v. Abdullah

Citations

592 S.E.2d 344
357 S.C. 344
2004 S.C. App. LEXIS 2

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holding the totality of the circumstances gave officers reasonable grounds from an objective standard for a search of the premises
holding the totality of the circumstances gave officers reasonable grounds from an objective standard for a search of the premises with a goal of securing the scene against perpetrators
holding “the reasonableness of the officers’ conduct may be further gleaned from the decision to secure a warrant to seize the contraband once the protective sweep was concluded and exigent circumstances unquestionably ceased to exist”
stating it was improvident to presuppose that subduing the defendant foreclosed the officers’ objectively reasonable need to perform a protective sweep of the premises
noting a protective sweep may be permitted under the exigent circumstances doctrine where there is a risk of danger to police
noting law enforcement may enter a dwelling \to prevent a suspect from fleeing or where there is a risk of danger to police or others inside or outside [the] dwelling\

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Judges: Kittredge, Hearn, Howard

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