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STATE v. ROBINSON

No. 5224.

408 S.C. 268 (2014)

758 S.E.2d 725

The STATE, Respondent, v. Alex ROBINSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 23, 2014.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dayne C. Phillips , of Lexington, and Appellate Defender Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani , of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing , both of Columbia, for respondent.

FEW, C.J.

Alex Robinson appeals his conviction for trafficking cocaine, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. We find the search warrant invalid because the affidavit supporting it gave the issuing judge no information as to the confidential informant's reliability. We reverse.

I. Facts and Procedural History

In August 2008, a confidential informant told Sergeant Kent Donald of the Horry...

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