Supreme Court of California

A court of appeals judgment reversing denial of a suppression motion in a prosecution for driving under the influence (DUI) is reversed where exigent circumstances justified a warrantless entry into defendant's home to effect the DUI arrest at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/01/2006
• Published 06/01/2006

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard B. Lennon, Los Angeles, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr., District Attorney, and Gerald McC. Franklin, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent., David Labahn, Sacramento;  George Kennedy, District Attorney (Santa Clara) and Neal J. Kimball, Deputy District Attorney, for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.