STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 27207.

401 S.C. 104 (2013)

736 S.E.2d 663

The STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner, v. Syllester D. TAYLOR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley E. Elliott , and Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe , all of Columbia, and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III , of Florence, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak , of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Chief Justice TOAL.

The State contests the court of appeals' decision holding the police search and seizure of Syllester Taylor (Respondent) improper under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.1 We reverse.

Facts/Procedural History

On July 25, 2006, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the Florence County Sheriff's Office received a dispatch regarding suspected drug activity. The anonymous call indicated that...

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