Legal Opinion
State v. Brown
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided September 23, 2015No. Appellate Case No. 2013-000725; No. 5355PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
Lamar Sequan Brown appeals his conviction for first-degree burglary, arguing the trial court erred in admitting evidence obtained from a warrantless search of the contents of his code-locked cell phone. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The two victims shared a first-floor condominium in Charleston County. Neither was home during the evening of Thursday, December 22, 2011. Sometime after 10:30 p.m. that night, one of the victims heard a phone ring after he returned to the residence. When he went to investigate, he saw an unfamiliar cell phone on the floor and noticed a window had been…
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