State v. Cordova

OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} Defendant appeals his convictions for causing great bodily injury by vehicle, aggravated driving while under the influence (DWI), knowingly leaving the scene of an accident, and homicide by vehicle. Defendant raises a number of arguments. However, the pertinent issue for this appeal is whether the district court erred in determining that the emergency assistance doctrine justified the warrantless entry by two Rio Arriba County sheriff’s deputies into Defendant’s residence. Because we conclude that the depirties did not have reasonable grounds to believe that a genuine…