NYIA GORE v. UNITED STATES

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Nyia Gore appeals her conviction after a bench trial for the misdemeanor offense of malicious destruction of property. We reverse and remand because the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion to suppress incriminating admissions and physical evidence that police obtained by entering and searching her home without a warrant. The Fourth Amendment protects “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their ... houses... against unreasonable searches and seizures.” 1 Recognizing that “the ‘physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of…