State v. Gutierrez

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

{1} Defendant Adrian Gutierrez entered a conditional guilty plea on a felon in possession of a firearm charge and now appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. In this case, police officers were dispatched to a third party’s home to assist a bail bondsman in the apprehension of Defendant, who failed to appear for an arraignment earlier that day. Accompanied by the bail bondsman, the officers made a warrantless, nonconsensual entry into the third party’s home under circumstances that presented no exigency. Upon finding Defendant asleep on a…