STATE v. HINSON

No. 23949.

967 P.2d 724 (1998)

132 Idaho 110

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charles S. HINSON, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, September 1998 Term.

October 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hon. Alan G. Lance, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for appellant. Kenneth K. Jorgensen argued.

Bruce H. Greene, Sandpoint, for respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a criminal case in which the trial court suppressed evidence obtained by law enforcement officers who made a warrantless entry of the defendant's residence. We conclude that the trial court should not have suppressed the evidence on the ground stated by the trial court.

I.

THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

On the evening of April 5, 1997, a dispatcher (the dispatcher) for the City of Sandpoint received one or...

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