COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Brian Brownlee and Woodly Telfort, the two ex-South Carolina players facing the most serious charges involving thefts at Williams-Brice Stadium last November, claim in court documents that coach Steve Spurrier told the team no one would face criminal charges if the stolen items were returned.<br>
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Brownlee and Telfort both were charged with felony grand larceny last January. Brownlee of Abbeville confessed to taking two laptop computers, each valued at $4,000, and two computer projectors, worth about $1,675 and $850, according to an arrest warrant. Telfort admitted taking a $4,000 laptop from the stadium, according to an arrest warrant.<br>
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Hemphill Pride, an attorney for both Brownlee and Telfort, said Monday the players want the charges dismissed, alleging in court filings they were ``denied fundamental fairness as guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.''<br>
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The attorney did not know when or if there'd be a hearing on the motions. Brownlee and Telfort's cases are scheduled to go to trial Aug. 29.<br>
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Messages left for Spurrier at the school's football office and with the sports information office were not immediately returned.<br>
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