Court Opinion

ID: 9641963
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:44:26.402732+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:41.220552
License: Public Domain

KERN, Associate Judge,
concurring:
Given the emergency circumstances which brought the police officer to the door of 1620 Swann Street, N.W., and the dried blood on the face of appellee Booth who answered the door, I am persuaded that the trial court erred in concluding the officer should have remained outside rather than entering and also erred in suppressing the evidence the officer seized there. I do not deem it necessary to reach the issue of standing upon the record before us which leaves unclear the type of dwelling the Swann Street house was and the living arrangements therein. Accordingly, I limit my concurrence to the judgment reversing and remanding for further proceedings upon the ground that the trial court’s suppression ruling upon the facts was erroneous as a matter of law.