State v. McGrattan

PER CURIAM

Defendant appeals a judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance, ORS 475.752(3)(b), assigning error to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained by police officers from a warrantless entry into his home. He argues that the officers were not justified in entering his residence under the emergency aid exception to the warrant requirement, and the trial court erred in concluding otherwise.

The state concedes that the trial court erred, and we accept that concession. “Under the emergency aid doctrine, law enforcement officers may lawfully enter private premises without a warrant if they ‘have an objectively reasonable belief, based on articulable facts, that a warrant-less entry is necessary to either render immediate aid to persons, or to assist persons who have suffered, or who are imminently threatened with suffering, serious physical injury or harm.’” State v. Bistrika, 262 Or App 385, 392, 324 P3d 584, rev den, 356 Or 397 (2014) (quoting State v. Baker, 350 Or 641, 649, 260 P3d 476 (2011)). The state failed to prove those circumstances here. Accordingly, the evidence must be suppressed.

Reversed and remanded.