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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 8/7/1974

State v. Ellis

Citations

  • 207 S.E.2d 408
  • 263 S.C. 12
  • 1974 S.C. LEXIS 197

How courts have described this case

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  • reversing possession conviction where appellant resided in apartment in which heroin sales occurred and was present during sales, but where State did not show that appellant participated in the sales or in any other way exercised control
  • reversing possession conviction where appellant resided in apartment in which heroin sales occurred and was present during sales, but where State did not show that appellant participated in the sales or in any other way exercised control
  • determining \[t]he description in the caption of the warrant taken in connection with the affidavit was enough to sustain the warrant as against the attack that it was constitutionally deficient for not particularly describing the place to be searched\
  • stating the \question presented for decision is whether the trial judge erred in refusing to grant the motion of the appellants for a directed verdict on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a verdict of guilty of possession of heroin\
  • language of warrant taken in connection with affidavit held sufficient to withstand constitutional and statutory attack on particularity of premises to be searched
  • similar, but stating the first element as \the power . . . to control its disposition or use\

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Judges: Moss, Lewis, Bussey, Brailsford, Littlejohn

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