Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1/12/1987

State v. McKnight

Citations

352 S.E.2d 471
291 S.C. 110
1987 S.C. LEXIS 190

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holding that a search warrant was defective for failure to comply with a statute that enhanced constitutional requirement that search warrants be “supported by oath or affirmation”
holding that oral sworn statements were not sufficient where search warrant statute required affidavit
holding that oral sworn statements were not sufficient where search warrant statute required affidavit
noting that a “sworn, oral statement may be sufficient to satisfy the requirement for oath or affirmation”
holding when the State is unable to demonstrate a good-faith attempt to comply with the statute authorizing the issuance, execution and return of search warrants, S.C. Code Ann. § 17-13-140, exclusion is the proper remedy
refusing to apply the good faith exception where the officers failed to attempt to comply in good faith to the affidavit requirements

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Judges: Ness, Gregory, Harwell, Chandler, Finney

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