The sheriff’s department in a rural north Georgia county receives an anonymous letter stating that there is a “meth lab” being operated in a trailer home belonging to Danny Dawgmire and that children living in the trailer are being exposed to methamphetamine and other toxic chemicals. Without obtaining a warrant, deputies drive to the trailer home, where they detect strong chemical odors associated with the production of methamphetamines. The deputies knock and announce their presence, but no one answers. They then forcibly enter the trailer, where they discover large quantities of methamphetamines and associated equipment, paraphernalia, and supplies. No children are found in the trailer. The deputies call a hazardous materials disposal unit to the scene. Two hours later, as the meth lab is being cleaned up and evidence secured, Dawgmire arrives at the scene in his pick-up truck and is promptly arrested and charged with manufacture of and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. In a pretrial motion, Dawgmire’s attorney moves to suppress the evidence on the ground that no warrant had been obtained to authorize the search. The attorney claims that Dawgmire, who is unmarried, lives in the trailer alone and that at no time had any children been inside the trailer. How would the state likely counter the motion?

How would the judge likely rule on the motion to suppress?