People v. Ferry

— Mercure, J.

Early on July 12, 1984, as the State Police responded to a reported rape, they discovered a trail of bloodstains and a wallet belonging to defendant outside the broken window of the victim’s apartment. Two State Troopers proceeded to defendant’s apartment where defendant’s wife answered the door, informed them that her husband was in bed and consented to their entrance. The officers entered defendant’s bedroom, roused him and, observing that his wrists were slit and his elbow injured, placed him under arrest, called an ambulance and began first aid treatment. They did not…