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State v. Robinson

Citations

  • 412 S.E.2d 411
  • 306 S.C. 399
  • 1991 S.C. LEXIS 262

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that consent to a search procured during an unlawful stop is invalid unless such consent is voluntary and there are attenuating circumstances that establish that the consent is not an exploitation of the unlawful stop
  • holding consent to search procured during unlawful stop invalid unless State proves consent is voluntary and that sufficient attenuating circumstances remove taint of unlawful stop so that search is not an exploitation of unlawful stop
  • suppressing drug evidence as the fruit of an unlawful stop because no attenuating circumstances removed the taint of the illegality from the consent to search
  • suppressing drug evidence as the fruit of an unlawful stop because no attenuating circumstances removed the taint of the illegality from the consent to search
  • “To justify a brief stop [or] detention, the police officer must have a reasonable suspicion that the person has been involved in criminal activity.”
  • “To justify a brief stop [or] detention, the police officer must have a reasonable suspicion that the person has been involved in criminal activity.”

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Judges: Chandler, Gregory, Harwell, Finney, Toal

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