Lollie v. State

The appellant challenges convictions entered after the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The evidence should have been suppressed as the product of an unlawful search in connection with the wan'antless entry into the appellant’s back yard, and the convictions are therefore reversed.

At hearings on the motion to suppress it was indicated that sheriffs officers received a tip about possible ongoing criminal activity at the appellant’s residence, and they subsequently went to his home to question him about this. The officers approached the front door and knocked there, but received no…