People v. Ovieda

*1038 In People v. Ray (1999) 21 Cal.4th 464 , 88 Cal.Rptr.2d 1 , 981 P.2d 928 , the lead opinion of this court articulated a "community caretaking" exception to the warrant requirement for government entry into a private residence, suggesting that "circumstances short of a perceived emergency may justify a warrantless entry" into a home. ( **266 Id . at p. 473, 88 Cal.Rptr.2d 1 , 981 P.2d 928 (lead opn. of Brown, J.).) Under United States Supreme Court authority, a warrantless home entry is unreasonable unless it falls within a recognized exception to the warrant requirement, like exigent…