Wilder v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted on two counts each of child molestation and sexual exploitation of a child and one count each of aggravated child molestation and statutory rape based on sexual acts committed on several occasions with a 15-year-old girl. On appeal, defendant challenged, inter alia, the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress incriminating evidence found in a locked briefcase owned by defendant that was seized from a third party's premises without a warrant and subsequently searched pursuant to a valid warrant. The court of appeals affirmed defendant's conviction and denied the motion to suppress pursuant to the "independent source" exception to the exclusionary rule. The court held that the independent source doctrine did not apply in the circumstances presented. The court also declined to decide whether the circumstances would warrant application of the "inevitable discovery" doctrine. Therefore, the court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
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