State v. Kirkman

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Rahiem Kirkman, Appellant.

Court: THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Nov 9, 2011

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-500 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 9, 2011)

Opinion

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-500

11-09-2011

The State, Respondent, v. Rahiem Kirkman, Appellant.

J. Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

Appeal From Anderson County

Alexander S. Macaulay, Circuit Court Judge

AFFIRMED

J. Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan M. Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM : Rahiem Kirkman appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine, arguing the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized as a result of an unlawful detention and search. We affirm¹ pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Tindall, 388 S.C. 518, 521, 698 S.E.2d 203, 205 (2010) ("On appeals from a motion to suppress based on Fourth Amendment grounds, [an appellate court] applies a deferential standard of review and will reverse if there is clear error."); Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S. 405, 409 (2005) ("[T]he use of a well-trained narcotics-detection dog . . . [,] performed on the exterior of [a driver's] car while he [is] lawfully seized for a traffic violation[,] . . . does not rise to the level of a constitutionally cognizable infringement."); State v. Morris, Op. No. 4872 (S.C. Ct. App. refiled Nov. 2, 2011) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 39 at 18, 26) (holding that an officer may search any part of a vehicle without a warrant if there is probable cause); State v. Brown, 389 S.C. 473, 482, 698 S.E.2d 811, 816 (Ct. App. 2010) ("Probable cause to search exists where the known facts and circumstances are sufficient to warrant a man of reasonable prudence in the belief that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.").

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., THOMAS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.