STATE v. APPLEGATE

No. 93-600.

68 Ohio St.3d 348 (1994)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT, v. APPLEGATE, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Holcomb, Butler County Prosecuting Attorney, Robert N. Piper III and Daniel G. Eichel, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant.

Clayton G. Napier, for appellee.


PFEIFER, J.

The court of appeals erred by reversing the trial court's determination that the officers' warrantless entry into Applegate's home was justified by exigent circumstances. Exigent circumstances justify a warrantless entry into a residence by police when police are at the residence pursuant to an emergency call reporting domestic violence and where the officers hear sounds coming from inside the residence which are indicative of violence.

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