District Court of Appeal of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to suppress in a prosecution for possession of cocaine and unlawful use of driver's license is reversed where a detective's stay in defendant's motel room exceeded the scope of the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement and constituted an unreasonable search and seizure violative of the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2006
• Published 08/16/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and James W. McIntire, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.