State v. Williams

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

In this probation revocation case, the State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Corey DeWayne Williams’s motion to suppress. Because the trial court correctly concluded that the “no-knock” provision in the search warrant was unsupported by particular facts and circumstances justifying the need for its use and that no exigent circumstances were shown, we affirm.

Williams was originally charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine, and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. In April 2004, he…