OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
{1} In this appeal we address the issue whether a non-consensual warrantless entry by police officers into a private residence on a possible suicide call is constitutionally permissible under a community caretaker doctrine. We also examine whether the entry, which preceded a battery on one of the police officers, was within the lawful discharge of a police officer's duties.
{2} Defendant Sandra Nemeth appeals a jury's...
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