State v. Auman

OPINION

LESLIE, Judge.

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing evidence obtained in a war-rantless search of respondent. The state contends the pretrial court erred in excluding the evidence either because respondent consented to the search, or the search was reasonable under the emergency exception.

FACTS

Respondent Richard Auman was charged with one felony count of possession of a schedule II controlled substance and one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of a hypodermic syringe. At an omnibus hearing on December 5, 1985, two police officers related the circumstances…