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STATE v. ELLEFSON

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266 S.C. 494 (1976)

224 S.E.2d 666

The STATE, Respondent, v. Duane Ivan ELLEFSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 20, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. H.F. Partee and W. Daniel Yarborough, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Messrs. Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Barker, Asst. Atty Gen., and Robert N. Wells, Jr., Staff Atty., of Columbia, and William W. Wilkins, Jr., Sol., of Greenville, for Respondent.

April 20, 1976.

NESS, Justice:

Appellant, Duane Ellefson, was convicted of breach of trust and sentenced to five years imprisonment. He raises two questions: (1) Did the trial judge err in characterizing one of the State's witnesses, Karen Tinsley, as hostile and permitting the State to cross examine her, (2) Should evidence, admitted over the appellant's objection, have been excluded as a product of an illegal search...

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