Hannon v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Parraguirre, J.:

In this appeal, we consider whether an emergency reason existed for a warrantless entry into a private residence. In resolving this issue, we bring our standard for emergency home entries into conformity with the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Brigham City v. Stuart, 547 U.S. 398, 404 (2006). Under that standard, the warrantless entry into appellant’s apartment was unlawful as there was no objectively reasonable basis to believe that the two occupants or any undisclosed third party may have been in danger inside. Accordingly, we conclude…