State v. Carter

OPINION

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether evidence seized from the defendants’ residence pursuant to a search warrant should be suppressed. Sheriffs deputies entered the defendants’ residence without a warrant based upon an informant’s tip and the deputies’ recognition of the smell of anhydrous ammonia and ether. The deputies then detained the defendants while a warrant was obtained. We conclude that the deputies’ warrant-less entry into the defendants’ residence was…