Supreme Court of South Carolina· 12/15/1997

State v. Weston

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494 S.E.2d 801
329 S.C. 287
1997 S.C. LEXIS 221

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concluding a search-warrant affidavit could not have provided a substantial basis for finding probable cause for a search when \the affidavit failed to set forth any facts as to why police believed\ the defendant committed the crime
finding duty of reviewing court is simply to ensure that magistrate had substantial basis for concluding probable cause existed
stating a reviewing court should give great deference to a magistrate’s determination of probable cause
finding the good faith exception did not apply in a case in which the warrant affidavit failed to set forth any facts as to why police believed the defendant committed the crime
providing sworn oral testimony may be used to supplement search warrant affidavits
“A search warrant that is insufficient in itself to establish probable cause may be supplemented by sworn oral testimony.”

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Judges: Toal, Finney, Moore, Waller, Burnett

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