PEOPLE v. SANCHEZ

Docket No. 16344.

86 Cal.App.3d Supp. 8 (1978)

150 Cal. Rptr. 772

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CARLOS ART SANCHEZ, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

September 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burt Pines, City Attorney, Laurie Harris, Michael Alcantar and G. Daniel Woodard, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Dennis A. Fischer, Kenneth A. Star and Anita Susan Brenner, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

COLE, P.J.

The People appeal from an order granting a motion to suppress pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5 and from an order of dismissal which followed the suppression. We reverse, holding that respondent's flight from lawful detention, into his home, was an exigent circumstance authorizing the officer to enter the home to complete his investigation.

The facts are undisputed. Officer Carreon, an officer with narcotics...

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