State v. Stewart

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Tamri Dawn Stewart appeals from a criminal judgment entered on a conditional plea of guilty to class C felony abuse or neglect of a child, reserving the right to challenge the district court’s deni al of her motion to suppress evidence. Because the facts in this case do not support the district court’s decision that a police officer’s entry into Stewart’s home was justified by the emergency exception to the warrant requirement, we reverse the criminal judgment and remand to allow Stewart to withdraw her guilty plea.

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[¶2] At about 5:30 p.m. on March 9, 2013, a police…