The state Supreme Court struggled to understand what was so suspicious about certain circumstances related to a 2011 traffic stop on I-85 in Spartanburg County, but mindful of its deferential standard of review, agreed that the arresting deputy had reasonable ...

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An argument by prosecutors that a drug dealer engaged in two separate conspiracies and could be prosecuted in separate Virginia districts has failed to persuade judges of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The 4th Circuit unanimously held June ...

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The new year’s off to a rough start for Charleston attorney Mark Peper, who was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence with an open container while possessing cocaine in the wee hours of Jan. 2, according to booking information ...

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A traffic stop for a broken headlight in Rock Hill ended with an awkward drug arrest after officers noticed a suspicious “bulge” in the front of 20-year-old Jonathan Diaz’s pants, according to a report from The Herald newspaper. Diaz, who ...

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U.S. v. Lull (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-095-16, 27 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 15-4216, May 25, 2016; USDC at Raleigh, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Because a search warrant application failed to disclose that the confidential informant –  who was ...

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Two New Jersey men recently suffered a bit of bad luck during a routine traffic stop in Florence County. On March 29, Ruddy Antonio Iglesia, 35, and Franklin Benjamin Lamtigua, 41, were pulled over for a moving violation on Interstate ...

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Hernandez-Nolasco v. Lynch (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-185-15, 9 pp.) (Keenan, J.) No. 14-2036, Dec. 4, 2015; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: A Honduran citizen who reported to immigration officials that his father and brother had been murdered by ...

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State v. Fripp (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-003-15, 2 pp.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Beaufort County Circuit Court. (J. Ernest Kinard Jr., J.) On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals. S.C. S. Ct. Holding: We dismiss the writ of ...

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State v. Hewins (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-074-14, 20 pp.) (Donald Beatty, J.) (Costa Pleicones, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Greenville County Circuit Court (D. Garrison Hill, J.) S.C. S. Ct. Holding: During an extension of ...

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Roberts v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-042-14, 11 pp.) (Thomas Huff, J.) Appealed from Charleston County Circuit Court (Roger Young, J.) S.C. App. Holding: Where (1) defendant was indicted for trafficking between 200 and 400 grams of cocaine, (2) at ...

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