State v. Lyons

Carley, Judge.

The state appeals the granting of appellee’s motion to suppress.

The evidence adduced at the suppression hearing was as follows: Two police officers went to appellee’s residence in response to what they termed an “animal” complaint. Officer Walker testified that he and the other officer walked into the frontyard of appellee’s residence, intending to make their presence known at the front door. However, they were unable to do so because of a locked wooden fence that enclosed the entire front porch of the residence. There was no response to the officers’ knocks on the door to the…