Case Name: Victor Rudolph COBHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-11-12
Citations: 478 So. 2d 456
Docket Number: No. 85-1000
Parties: Victor Rudolph COBHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 478
Pages: 456–456

Head Matter:
Victor Rudolph COBHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-1000.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 12, 1985.
Spiegelman & Spiegelman and Robert Spiegelman and Angelo A. Ali, Miami, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
There is no competent, substantial evidence in the record which demonstrates either that the officer in question complied with the "knock-and-announce" statutes, § 901.19(1), 933.09, Fla.Stat. (1983), or that any cognizable exception to the statutory requirements applied. Hence, the order denying the defendant's motion to suppress was erroneous, State v. Navarro, 464 So.2d 137 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985) (en banc), and the conviction entered upon a nolo plea which preserved the right to appellate review of that ruling is reversed with directions to discharge the defendant.