STATE v. COMA

No. 24612.

981 P.2d 754 (1999)

133 Idaho 29

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Gary William COMA, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

June 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Adams, Chief Kootenai County Public Defender; J. Bradford Chapman, Deputy Public Defender, Coeur d'Alene, for appellant.

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


LANSING, Judge.

Gary William Coma challenges the constitutionality of police officers' entry into his home to place him under arrest pursuant to a misdemeanor arrest warrant. Coma contends that a home entry is not permissible under an arrest warrant where the arrest is for a misdemeanor rather than a felony and, in the alternative, that the officers' entry exceeded that necessary to effectuate his arrest. A motion made on these grounds to suppress evidence seen by...

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