LEESON, Judge.
The state appeals from a pretrial order granting defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a marijuana grow operation discovered when the police searched his home during an investigation of a suspected burglary. The issue is whether the officers were justified by probable cause and exigent circumstances in opening and searching behind a make-shift door in one of defendant's closets. We reverse.
During the morning of November 17, 1993, defendant...
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