Case Name: Patrick ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-08-27
Citations: 795 So. 2d 142
Docket Number: Nos. 1D00-1345, 1D00-1774
Parties: Patrick ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH, BENTON and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 795
Pages: 142–142

Head Matter:
Patrick ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 1D00-1345, 1D00-1774.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 27, 2001.
Louis 0. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, and Ward L. Metzger, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, Attorneys for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Attorneys for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant appeals the denial of his motions to suppress contraband he claims was illegally seized in violation of section 933.09, Florida Statutes. We agree that the search did not meet the requirements of section 933.09, Florida Statutes, and that exigent circumstances did not exist to create an exception to the "knock and announce" rule of section 933.09. We affirm the other issues raised by Appellant.
The ruling on the motions to suppress was dispositive of Appellant's case. The search was illegal and the drugs and firearm found in the search therefore should have been suppressed. See State v. Bamber, 630 So.2d 1048 (Fla.1994); Randall v. State, 793 So.2d 59 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). Accordingly, we reverse with directions to discharge Appellant.
REVERSED.
BOOTH, BENTON and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.