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State v. Hall

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 8, 1987No. 22781PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Finney, Justice:

Appellant David R. Hall, hereinafter referred to as Darlington Home Movie Rentals, appeals a circuit court order authorizing the seizure of adult movies or videotapes, asserting that seizure of the previously unreviewed tapes violated his First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights *332under the United State Constitution and South Carolina Code Section 16-15-270. We agree and reverse.

Darlington police officers purchased four adult movies from Darlington Home Movie Rentals. Judge Sidney T. Floyd viewed these tapes to determine whether they violated the state’s obscenity statutes.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. State v. SachsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1975
  4. State v. BarrettSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
  5. State Ex Rel. White v. MeltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. El Dorado Management Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1990

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