DIXON v. STATE

No. 4D09-234.

36 So.3d 920 (2010)

John DIXON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

We reverse the trial court's denial of John Dixon's motions to suppress because the police entered Dixon's apartment without consent and without sufficient exigent circumstances to justify a warrantless entry.

Dixon was charged with the following crimes: (1) trafficking in cocaine; (2) trafficking in oxycodone; (3) possession of alprazolam; (4) possession of diazepam; (5) possession of carisoprodol...

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