Supreme Court of California

Defendant successfully challenged an order denying his motion to suppress evidence on grounds that police entry into defendant's home to perform a protective sweep, under Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 (1990), was presumptively unreasonable where the police lacked reasonable suspicion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/26/2004
• Published 07/26/2004

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Nicholas DePento, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting, Rhonda L. Cartwright-Ladendorf and Sabrina Y. Lane-Erwin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.