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STATE v. DeWITT

No. 1 CA-CR 92-0916.

182 Ariz. 347 (1994)

897 P.2d 649

STATE of Arizona, Appellee/Cross Appellant, v. Victor Raymond DeWITT, Appellant/Cross Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

Review Granted and Denied June 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. by Paul J. McMurdie, Chief Counsel, Crim. Appeals Section, Christopher E. Avery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee/cross appellant.

Wisdom, Logan & McNulty by Charles M. McNulty, Phoenix, for appellant/cross appellee.

Review Granted on issue B and Denied on other issues June 29, 1995.

OPINION

VOSS, Judge.

In this case we hold: police officers responding to a burglary in progress may reasonably enter the residence without a warrant to search for suspects; an inadvertent discovery while lawfully within the residence merits a new justification for the police officers' presence in the residence; and a warrantless entry by others is justified to confirm the first officer...

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