ANDERSON v. STATE

Nos. 94-1928, 94-1937.

665 So.2d 281 (1995)

Emily ANDERSON and Leon Skipwith, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Lee Stedman, of Sharon Lee Stedman, P.A., Orlando, Robert A. Leventhal, of Leventhal & Slaughter, P.A., Orlando, and Michael H. Hatfield, Umatilla, for Appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, Judge.

This is an appeal by Emily Anderson and Leon Skipwith of an order denying their motions to suppress. Because we find that the warrantless search conducted was not justified by exigent circumstances, we reverse.

During the hearing on the motion to suppress, the following evidence was adduced: on January 22, 1994, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Deputy Larry Herron of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office had been on patrol when he received a dispatch...

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