LEE v. STATE

No. 1D02-3488.

856 So.2d 1133 (2003)

Anthony McAuthur LEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted A. Stokes, Milton, for Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General and Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

At issue in this appeal is the validity of a police search of the appellant's motel room. The appellant moved to suppress the evidence seized from the room, but the trial court denied the motion. Subsequently the appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere reserving his right to appeal. Because the trial court erred in ruling that exigent circumstances justified a warrantless entry into the motel room, we reverse the denial of the motion to suppress.<...

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