State v. Ribe

OPINION

ORME, Associate Presiding Judge:

Defendant entered a conditional guilty plea to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, a third degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-8(l)(a)(iv) (Supp.1992). Defendant now appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence that the State concedes was seized in violation of Utah’s knock-and-announce statute, Utah Code Ann. § 77-23-10 (1990). We reverse.

FACTS

On March 19, 1991, Detectives Kevin Judd and Craig Watson, along with several other officers from the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office and the Metro Narcotics…