PEOPLE v. POULSON

No. AP 980020.

82 Cal.Rptr.2d 605 (1998)

69 Cal.App.4th Supp. 1

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant. v. Jeffrey Peter POULSON, Defendant and Respondent.

Appellate Department, Superior Court of California, San Luis Obispo County.

December 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry Shea, District Attorney, and Curtis Rankin, Deputy District Attorney, San Luis Obispo, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Melvin A. De La Motte, Jr., San Luis Obispo, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, P.J.

Jeffrey Peter Poulson (Poulson) was arrested in his home after a warrantless entry by police. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, causing an accident and an injury, and hit-and-run. The trial court granted Poulson's Penal Code section 1538.5 motion to suppress. We reverse, concluding that the officer's warrantless entry into defendant's home was justified by a reasonable belief defendant or his wife was in need...

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