TAMBORINO v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 32007.

41 Cal.3d 919 (1986)

719 P.2d 242

226 Cal. Rptr. 868

DANNY JOE TAMBORINO et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald Y. Butler, Public Defender, Frank Scanlon and William J. Kopeny, Assistant Public Defenders, James Dean Allen, Richard Aronson, Donald J. Aycob and Richard Schwartzberg, Deputy Public Defenders, and Thomas A. Reilly for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Cecil Hicks, District Attorney, Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, William W. Bedsworth and Craig McKinnon, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr., District Attorney (Santa Barbara), and Gerald McC. Franklin, Senior Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

LUCAS, J.

In this case, evidence of a narcotics violation was discovered and seized by a police officer while he was walking through defendants' apartment investigating a robbery report. Defendants unsuccessfully moved to suppress the evidence on the ground that it was seized during an unreasonable, warrantless search of the apartment. As will appear, we hold that the limited "walk-through" search was conducted under exigent...

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