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Category Archives: Know your rights
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What are Your Rights if Police Want to Search Your Hotel Room in Myrtle Beach, SC?
What are your rights if police want to search your motel or hotel room in Horry County, SC? In far too many cases, police officers will enter a person’s hotel room with the consent of the hotel manager but not the tenant. Or they might…
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What are Your Rights if Police Want to Search Your Home?
What are your constitutional rights if police want to search your home? Do you have to consent to a search? Do they need a warrant? What rights do you have? In this article, we will discuss what your rights are when police come to search…
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What Are Your Rights if Police Want to Search Your Car
What are your rights if police want to search your car during a traffic stop? In many cases, law enforcement does not have a valid reason to search your car, but 1) these are not the speeding ticket police – they are the drug police…
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Miranda v. Arizona: What are Your Rights if Police Want to Question You in South Carolina?
What are your rights if police want to question you in South Carolina? How do you exercise your Miranda rights to avoid police interrogation? At a minimum, questioning by law enforcement implicates the Fifth Amendment (your right to due process, to remain silent, and not…
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Just Because You Did It Doesn’t Mean You’re Guilty – What Does Reasonable Doubt Mean?
“Just because you did it doesn’t mean you’re guilty” – you may have seen this “shocking” billboard/ advertisement for a criminal defense attorney and thought, “Man, they’ll do anything to bring in a case…” Except, it’s a true statement. And it’s a perfect opportunity to…
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Felony DUI in SC: Warrantless Blood Draws are Unconstitutional
Warrantless blood draws are unconstitutional unless the suspect consents to the blood test or exigent circumstances would excuse the failure to seek a warrant. That’s been the law according to the US Supreme Court for some time, although South Carolina’s appellate courts have tried to…
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When Does Double Jeopardy Apply?
When does double jeopardy apply in a criminal case in South Carolina? Double jeopardy bars a second prosecution if you’ve been acquitted or convicted of a criminal charge and the state tries to charge you with the exact same crime based on the same facts…
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Vega v. tekoh: The death of miranda?
Is the US Supreme Court’s opinion in Vega v. Tekoh “the death of Miranda?” No… It is not the death of Miranda, although it could be an ominous sign of what the Court is planning in future appellate opinions. Tekoh does not “do away with”…
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What is a preliminary hearing in sc?
A preliminary hearing in SC is a probable cause hearing where the prosecution must prove that there was probable cause for your arrest and charges. If there was no probable cause, your case is dismissed. If the court finds that there was probable cause for…
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Why you should get an attorney before talking to police: state v. tillman
State v. Tillman, decided February 17, 2021, illustrates why you should get an attorney before talking to police. Tillman (according to him, not according to police) came home after work one day to find his live-in girlfriend dead of a gunshot in their home. He…
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