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BECKHAM v. SUN NEWS

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289 S.C. 28 (1986)

344 S.E.2d 603

Thomas G. BECKHAM, Respondent v. The SUN NEWS and The Sun Publishing Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. McCutcheon, of McCutcheon, McCutcheon & Baxter, Conway, William L. Pope and Patricia B. Kinard, Robinson, McFadden, Moore, Pope, Williams, Taylor & Brailsford, Columbia, for appellants.

John M. Leiter, Ronald K. Lawn, of Lawn & Leiter, Myrtle Beach, Carroll D. Padgett, Jr., Loris, Kenneth A. Richstad and Ronald M. Childress, of Childress & Richstad, Columbia, for respondent.

Heard March 24, 1986.

Decided May 5, 1986.

NESS, Chief Justice:

The Sun News appeals a jury verdict against it in a libel action brought by respondent Beckham. We reverse.

Beckham was an undercover police officer with the Horry County Police Department. He and his supervisor Mike Foreman participated in a stake-out at a location where marijuana was believed to be stored. In order to obtain a search warrant, both men executed affidavits detailing...

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