September 29, 2005
Norris Riggs, Jr. V. State of Florida
Case Number(s):
SC05-133

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Summary:

Deputies entered Riggs' apartment without a warrant after a 4-year-old child was found wandering naked in an apartment complex in the early morning hours. The door to Riggs' second-floor apartment was ajar. No one responded to the pounding by the deputies and they entered apartment, where they found marijuana plants. The trial court agreed with Riggs that the evidence had to be suppressed because the deputies weren't justified in entering. But the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned and certified conflict with an earlier ruling by 1st District.