Rafael Yee v. State of Florida

Jurisdiction was properly granted to address the express and direct conflict between the Third District’s decision in State v. Yee, 177 So.3d 72, 73-74 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015), and this Court’s decisions in Seibert v. State, 923 So.2d 460, 468 (Fla. 2006); Riggs v. State, 918 So.2d 274, 278-79 (Fla. 2005); and Rolling v. State, 695 So.2d 278, 293-94 (Fla. 1997). The Third District majority failed to make the findings necessary to determine that exigent circumstances justified a warrantless search. To demonstrate exigent circumstances, the State must show the following: (1) an objectively…