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STATE v. McSWAIN

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292 S.C. 206 (1987)

355 S.E.2d 540

The STATE, Appellant v. Raymond McSWAIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Norman Mark Rapoport, Columbia, and Sol. Holman C. Gossett, Jr., Spartanburg, for appellant.

J.C. Coleman, Columbia, for respondent.

Heard April 6, 1987.

Decided April 27, 1987.

GREGORY, Justice:

The State appeals an interlocutory order suppressing evidence in this murder and arson case. We reverse.

Respondent's home was destroyed and his brother killed in a fire during the early morning hours of March 28, 1983. The following afternoon a claims adjuster from respondent's insurance carrier investigated the scene and noticed an "irregular pattern of burning." Two days later...

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