State v. Fletcher

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

In this delayed appeal, we are asked to determine whether Nashville police violated the so-called “knock and announce rule” when they kicked in the door and executed a search warrant at the home of the defendant, George Allen Fletcher. Fletcher pleaded guilty to felonious possession of cocaine, but reserved the right to appeal the validity of the officers’ conduct as a certified question under Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure 37(b)(2)(i). We conclude that the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence seized pursuant to the search…