Lee v. State

OPINION

MATTINGLY, Judge

Carl Lee appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He challenges whether the search warrant pursuant to which the evidence in question was seized was supported by probable cause. However, we address sua sponte the following determinative issue: whether the trial court erred in denying Lee’s motion to suppress evidence police found in the pocket of a coat in a closet when the warrant under which the evidence *1290was obtained authorized only a search of an apartment for a particular person, i.e., Dante Adams.1

We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On…