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STATE v. JONES

No. 2838.

331 S.C. 228 (1998)

500 S.E.2d 499

The STATE, Respondent, v. Lorenzo Labell JONES and Melvin Patrick Riles, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 4, 1998.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. Hoefer, II and Kevin M. Barth, of Harwell, Ballenger, DeBerry, Barth & Hoefer, Florence, for appellants.

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Office of the Attorney General, Columbia; and Solicitor Dudley Saleeby, Jr., Florence, for respondent.

HOWARD, Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether a police officer may tender a knowingly false affidavit to procure a search warrant, orally substituting truthful information to the issuing magistrate in order to establish probable cause. Lorenzo Labell Jones and Melvin Patrick Riles (Appellants) were convicted of trafficking in cocaine after a jury trial in which evidence was admitted which had been seized as a result of a search based on a warrant procured...

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