State v. McMurphy

Defendant appealed his conviction of drug and weapons offenses, claiming that the circuit court should have suppressed evidence obtained by police officers as a result of a warrantless entry into a home. The Court of Appeals held that there were no exigent circumstances for the warrantless entry and remanded the case for a new trial. The prosecution contended for the first time on appeal that defendant had not shown the unlawful entry to have been an invasion of his own constitutionally protected rights, but the Court of Appeals held that his issue was raised too late. The court stated: “The…