State v. McBride

¶ 1 The Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, denied Shawn R. McBride’s motion to suppress certain evidence seized from his person. McBride appeals. We reverse and remand.

¶2 The issue is whether probable cause and exigent circumstances supported police officers’ entry into McBride’s residence without a warrant and without permission.

¶3 On February 27, 1998, sixteen-year-old runaway A.H. made a telephone call to her father from a house rented by Shawn McBride in' Billings, Montana. A.H.’s father discerned the location from which A.H. was calling via the caller identification…