STATE v. McKNIGHT

22651

291 S.C. 110 (1987)

352 S.E.2d 471

The STATE, Appellant v. Clifton McKNIGHT, Levan McKnight, Charles Montgomery, Jessie Doughty, Roscoe Pressley, and Edward Pressley, of whom Clifton McKnight, Levan McKnight, Charles Montgomery and Roscoe Pressley are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Columbia, and Sol. Wade S. Kolb, Jr., Sumter, for appellant.

Robert B. Nance, Columbia, for respondent Levan McKnight.

M. Duane Shuler, Kingstree, for respondent Clifton McKnight.

G.B. Jenkinson, Kingstree, for respondent Charles Montgomery.

W.E. Jenkinson, III, Kingstree, for respondent Roscoe Pressley and defendant Edward Pressley.


Heard Nov. 18, 1986.

Decided Jan. 12, 1987.

NESS, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the circuit court granting respondents' motion to suppress.1 We affirm.

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