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WASHINGTON v. WHITAKER

No. 24174.

451 S.E.2d 894 (1994)

Collette WASHINGTON, Annette White, and Josephine Washington, Respondents, v. Gregory WHITAKER and The City of Charleston, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 19, 1994.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Stuckey, of Stuckey and Kobrovsky, Charleston, for appellants.

J. Kevin Holmes, of Steinberg Law Firm and Jay T. Gouldon of Stoney and Gouldon, Charleston, for respondents.

Vinton D. Lide of Lide, Montgomery and Potts, Columbia, for amicus curiae, South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Ass'n.

CHANDLER, Acting Chief Justice:

Gregory Whitaker (Officer Whitaker) and The City of Charleston (City) appeal a jury verdict awarded to Respondents for violations of their Fourth Amendment rights.

We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent Josephine Washington lives at 37H Flood Street with her daughters, Collette and Lakeisha, and Collette's children.

At approximately 11:00 p.m., on February 16, 1989, a team of City police officers, led by...

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