Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/29/1990
State v. Smith
Citations
- 392 S.E.2d 182
- 301 S.C. 371
- 1990 S.C. LEXIS 110
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- finding an affidavit defective because it “sets forth no facts as to why police believed Smith” committed the robbery
- determining an affidavit was defective because it \set[ ] forth no facts as to why police believed\ the defendant had committed the crime
- finding an affidavit defective on its face when it set forth no facts as to why police believed a defendant committed a robbery and omitted the fact that some of the information in the affidavit was provided by an informant
- finding mere conclusory statements which give a magistrate no basis to make a judgment regarding probable cause are insufficient as the magistrate's actions \cannot be a mere ratification of the bare conclusions of others\ (quoting Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 239 (1983))
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Judges: Chandler, Gregory, Harwell, Finney, Toal
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. BaccusSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-01-09· cited 298×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-07-23· cited 46×
- State v. WestonSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-12-15· cited 41×
- State v. PhilpotCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-01-30· cited 19×
- Gist v. Berkeley County Sheriff's DepartmentCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-08-02· cited 14×
- State v. DillSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-06-20· cited 6×
- State v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-03-28· cited 6×
- State v. BellamyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1996-07-01· cited 2×
- State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-05-04· cited 2×
- State v. MooreCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2017-08-30· cited 1×
- Carter v. BryantCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2020-01-08
- State v. James M. BrownCourt of Appeals of South Carolina· 2026-03-25
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