STATE v. WEAS

No. 82,843.

26 Kan. App.2d 598 (1999)

992 P.2d 221

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, v. MICHAEL JAMES WEAS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim A. Vanderbilt, county attorney, for appellant.

Michael C. Hayes, of Oskaloosa, for appellee.

Before RULON, P.J., PIERRON and KNUDSON, JJ.


KNUDSON, J.:

The State brings this interlocutory appeal from the district court's order suppressing evidence obtained during a warrantless search of the defendant's residence. We have jurisdiction to hear this appeal under K.S.A. 22-3603.

We reverse and remand because: (1) the police had probable cause to search with exigent circumstances that obviated the need to first obtain a search warrant; (2) alternatively...

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