State v. Counts

I concur in the majority’s decision to affirm petitioner’s conviction and sentence, but write separately as I do not believe that the privacy clause of S.C. Const, art. I, § 10 (2007) altered the common understanding that a law enforcement officer, like other individuals, has an “implicit license ... to approach the home by the front path, knock promptly, wait briefly to be received, and then (absent invitation to linger longer) leave.” Florida v. Jardines, — U.S.-, 133 S.Ct. 1409, 1415, 185 L.Ed.2d 495 (2013). An officer who does not have a warrant “may approach a home and knock precisely…