California Court of Appeal

Police may conduct a warrantless entry into a home if they have reason to believe exigent circumstance, such as that the occupants are dead or seriously injured, exist.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2001
• Published 03/23/2001

Judges

• BENKE, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul J. Pfingst, District Attorney, Thomas F. McArdle and James E. Atkins, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David B. Songco, San Diego, for Defendants and Respondents.