PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. B176808.

21 Cal.Rptr.3d 221 (2004)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Daniel Lyon THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

Review Granted February 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

California Appellate Project, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Jonathan B. Steiner, Executive Director and Richard Lennon, Staff Attorney for Appellant.

Thomas Sneddon, District Attorney County of Santa Barbara, Gerald McC. Franklin, Senior Deputy, for Respondent.


YEGAN, Acting P.J.

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the police from making a warrantless entry into a dwelling. Case law has established a "bright line" at the home's threshold, i.e. it's door. Were we to sanction the instant entry, the line would not be bright. Instead, it would be dim, if not altogether erased.

After the trial court denied his suppression motion, Daniel Lyon Thompson pled guilty to driving with a blood alcohol...

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