Lange

People v. Lange

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 20, 2021A157169California3,442 words

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Filed 12/20/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION FIVE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, A157169 v. ARTHUR GREGORY LANGE, (Sonoma County Defendant and Appellant. Super. Ct. No. SCR699391)

In a nonpublished decision filed October 30, 2019, we affirmed the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress evidence filed by defendant Arthur Gregory Lange. (People v. Lange (Oct. 30, 2019, A157169) [nonpub. opn.] p. 1.) Rejecting defendant’s challenge, we held in relevant part that an “ ‘officer’s “ ‘hot pursuit’ ” into the house to prevent the suspect from frustrating the arrest’ ” is always permissible under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement. (People v. Lange, supra, A157169, at pp. 8, 13.) After defendant unsuccessfully petitioned the California Supreme Court for review, the United States Supreme Court (Supreme Court) granted his petition for writ of certiorari. On June 23, 2021, our highest court issued Lange v. California (2021) ___ U.S. ___ [210 L.Ed.2d 486, 141 S.Ct. 2011], holding that the “flight of a suspected…

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