State v. Finnicum

LANSING, Chief Judge.

The State appeals from the district court’s appellate decision that reversed the magistrate court’s denial of defendant Peggy Jean Finnieum’s motion to suppress evidence acquired after police entered her home without a warrant. We reverse the district court.

I

BACKGROUND

In the early evening of September 25, 2005, deputies J.R. McFarland and Theodore Vrevieh were dispatched, in separate vehicles, to respond to a reported domestic dispute involving Finnicum and her son. Deputy McFarland arrived first, but by the time he got there Finnicum had driven away. Finnicum’s son told…