Case ID: so3d_61/html/1237-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ray Jose WILLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 1D10-4154.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    May 23, 2011.
    
      Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; and Steven L. Seliger, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General; and Brooke Poland, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

The appellant pled no contest to a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Prior to his plea, the appellant had unsuccessfully moved to suppress the shotgun and shotgun shells that were seized by deputies from the bedroom of the appellant’s home. As the shotgun and shells were the only evidence of the crime, a ruling favorable to the appellant at trial would have required the dismissal of the charges. On appeal, the state concedes, rightfully, that exigent circumstances did not exist to search the appellant’s bedroom without a warrant.

REVERSED and REMANDED with instructions to discharge the appellant.

WEBSTER, VAN NORTWICK, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.