PEOPLE v. MORGAN

Docket No. G004523.

196 Cal.App.3d 816 (1987)

242 Cal. Rptr. 140

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN ALLEN MORGAN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

November 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dennis LaBarbera for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Wellington, Rudolf Corona, Jr., and Nancy L. Palmieri, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CROSBY, J.

John Allen Morgan pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for sale after his motion to suppress evidence was denied. Claiming an unannounced police entry into his home was unlawful, he appeals. We agree and reverse.

I

At 2 a.m. on November 20, 1985, a neighbor telephoned police to report loud noises and shattering glass at Morgan's San Clemente home. Officer Lervold and Sergeant Falk received the...

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