Opinion
No. 97-2301.
Opinion filed April 8, 1998. JANUARY TERM, 1998.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Paul Siegel, Judge. L.T. No. 96-9687
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Amy D. Ronner, Special Assistant Public Defender, Karen E. Guito and Shaundra L. Kellam, Certified Legal Interns, for appellees.
Before JORGENSON, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.
The State of Florida appeals from the trial court's order granting the defendants' motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. The State did not appeal the trial court's finding that defendant Reese had standing to contest the search, but contested defendant McDuffie's standing. Contrary to the State's argument, we find that defendant McDuffie established that he had standing to contest the search, State v. Suco, 521 So.2d 1100 (Fla. 1988), and that there were no exigent circumstances excusing the police's violation of Florida's knock-and-announce statute, section 933.09, Florida Statutes (1995). State v. Bamber, 630 So.2d 1048 (Fla. 1994); State v. Robinson, 565 So.2d 730 (Fla. 2d DCA), review dismissed, 574 So.2d 143 (Fla. 1990). The trial court's order granting the defendants' motion to suppress is Affirmed.