PEOPLE v. GEMMILL

No. C055464.

76 Cal.Rptr.3d 410 (2008)

162 Cal.App.4th 958

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Dawn Amber GEMMILL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, Third District.

As Modified May 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta L. Franklin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Sacramento, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, J. Robert Jibson, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

ROBIE, J.

Under the "emergency aid" exception to the warrant requirement, police officers may enter a home to render emergency assistance when they have an objectively reasonable basis to believe someone inside is seriously injured or imminently threatened with such injury. (Brigham City v. Stuart (2006) 547 U.S. 398

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