State v. Court

*600YOUNG, J.

The state appeals a pretrial order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence discovered by police while they were inside defendant’s residence serving a warrant for the arrest of another person. The issue is whether there were exigent circumstances that excused the police from obtaining a search warrant. We affirm.

In November, 1984, parole officer Glynn was assigned to supervise John Phillips, who was on temporary leave from the state penitentiary, where he had been serving sentences for forgery and failure to appear. While under Glynn’s supervision, Phillips was authorized to…