United States Ninth Circuit

Pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search of defendant's hotel room was properly denied. Given the tendency of victims of domestic abuse to be less than forthcoming when the aggressor remains on the scene, the search was an objectively reasonable way to address the exigency.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2004
• Decided 05/13/2004
• Published 05/13/2004

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before: SILVERMAN, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Monica Knox (argued) and Angel K. Leung, Deputy Federal Public Defenders, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Douglas F. McCormick, Assistant United States Attorney, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.