STATE v. JONES

No. 25188.

342 S.C. 121 (2000)

536 S.E.2d 675

The STATE, Petitioner, v. Lorenzo Labelle JONES and Melvin Patrick Riles, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., of Columbia, and Solicitor E.L. Clements, III, of Florence, for petitioner.

Frederick A. Hoefer, II, and Kevin M. Barth of Harwell, Ballenger, Barth & Hoefer, L.L.P., for respondents.


PLEICONES, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' holding in State v. Jones, 331 S.C. 228, 500 S.E.2d 499 (Ct.App.1998) that probable cause did not exist to issue a search warrant when the affidavit contained a false statement. We affirm.

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Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that a magistrate did not...

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