Sarah Denise Cardwell v. South Carolina
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Whether the Supreme Court of South Carolina erred in applying a standard of 'more likely than not' in concluding under the Fourth Amendment's plain view doctrine that evidence was subject to seizure
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Supreme Court of South Carolina erred in applying a standard of “more likely than not” in concluding under the Fourth Amendment’s plain view doctrine that evidence was subject to seizure. II. | Whether, after applying the plain view doctrine to a video file labeled with a cover image of a boy wearing a bra, the Supreme Court of South Carolina erred in holding that the doctrine justified playing the video file without a warrant. III. Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court erred in applying the inevitable discovery doctrine without considering the entire record and without determining that the video file would actually be discovered through the issuance of a warrant. 1