State v. Clay

*798Defendant challenges his conviction for coercion constituting domestic violence, ORS 163.275, asserting that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence and statements obtained after police officers forced entry into his apartment without first obtaining a warrant.1 The state remonstrates that the trial court correctly concluded that the warrantless entry was justified by the emergency aid exception to the warrant requirement. We agree with the state that the officers had an objectively reasonable belief that entry into defendant's apartment was necessary to immediately…