Hicks v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Ernest Hicks appeals his conviction for possessing a firearm while a convicted felon. His sole enumeration is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress certain evidence found in a warrantless search of his home. We agree that under the Fourth Amendment, no exigent circumstances justified the police’s warrantless search of Hicks’s entire residence after they had handcuffed him and placed him outside the residence under the watchful eye of an officer. Their failure to obtain a warrant invalidates the subsequent search and…