Rodriguez v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was arrested after law enforcement officers discovered marijuana plants growing in Defendant’s home. The officers did not make any efforts to obtain a search warrant before entering the home. Defendant filed a motion to suppress. The circuit denied denied the motion to suppress, concluding that the inevitable discovery doctrine applied in this case. Defendant subsequently entered a guilty plea and reserved the right to appeal the suppression issue. The Court of Appeal affirmed, finding that the trial court properly applied the inevitable discovery doctrine. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that, under the totality of the evidence, the lower courts improperly applied the inevitable discovery doctrine, and the trial court should have suppressed the evidence obtained from the illegal search.
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