STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 2D02-2370.

852 So.2d 877 (2003)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Dayle THOMPSON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Donna S. Koch, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Andrea Norgard, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellee.


NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The State charged Dayle Thompson with possession of cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver. The cocaine was seized inside an apartment when police officers entered it to detain another man they believed was a wanted felon. Thompson moved to suppress the drugs, contending that the officers who discovered them had failed to comply with the "knock and announce" requirement of section 901.19(1), Florida Statutes (2000), and that no exigent circumstances...

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