King v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged with possession of less than one ounce of marijuana in violation of Georgia’s Controlled Substances Act. Defendant filed a motion to suppress the suspected marijuana, contending law enforcement officers unlawfully entered his home in the early morning hours of April 30, 1994, without consent and without a search warrant. The trial court denied the motion to suppress, finding that exigent circumstances arose while a deputy sheriff was attempting to execute an arrest warrant (for defendant’s former house-mate) which authorized the deputy’s “de…