Legal Opinion

State v. Patton

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided June 10, 1996No. 24442PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Burnett, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder and one count of second-degree arson. He was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murder counts and twenty-years for the arson count. We affirm.

*410FACTS

On July 26, 1992, Appellant shot and killed his estranged wife, Sharon Patton, and their eleven-year-old daughter, Kimberly, in Sharon’s mobile home. He then set fire to a building behind the mobile home.

At the beginning of the trial, Appellant made a motion to suppress all evidence seized from the property on the ground that the search and seizure were conducted in…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. State v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986
  3. State v. CoxSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986
  4. State v. BlassingameSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1978
  5. State v. BridgesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. BandaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
  2. State v. BurtonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2003
  3. State v. GambleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2013
  4. State v. PowersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1998
  5. State v. LedfordCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2002

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