WALKER v. STATE

No. 92-1486.

617 So.2d 404 (1993)

Gina WALKER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and David Howard and Lucinda Hofmann, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Roberta G. Mandel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Because (1) the warrantless police entry into the defendant Gina Walker's apartment through a partially opened door was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 12 of the Florida Constitution, based on the exigent circumstances exception to the search warrant requirement rule, as the police, contrary to the defense argument, had good reason to believe that two unattended crying children on the premises may have been harmed by unknown...

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