STATE v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 4D04-907.

891 So.2d 1199 (2005)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Eddie CUNNINGHAM, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 2, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Laurel R. Wiley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

V. Lynn Whitfield of Walton Lantaff Schroeder Carson LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court granted defendant's motion to suppress because a deputy came through a gate into defendant's backyard without a search warrant. The state asserted that there were exigent circumstances, however, the trial court found that there were not and granted the motion. Because the backyard was clearly within the curtilage of defendant's home, State v. Sarantopoulos, 604 So.2d 551 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), and...

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