DIAZ v. STATE

No. 4D09-543.

34 So.3d 797 (2010)

Luis J. DIAZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Timothy D. Kenison, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

The defendant entered a plea of no contest to trafficking in heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He argues that the police officers' warrantless entry into his home after the arrest of an individual outside his home was unlawful. We agree. Because the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to suppress, we reverse.

At the motion to suppress hearing...

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