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FACTS

The testimony and other evidence submitted in connection with appellant‟s motion to suppress evidence established that on September 26, 2010, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Kingsburg Police Dispatcher Mayra Caldera received a 911 call from a caller who stated that he heard noise in the room next door and that someone was hitting, stabbing or trying to kill his wife in room 310 of the Kings Inn Motel. The caller gave Caldera the address of the motel, which is located off Highway 99. The call came from a pay phone at the Kings Deli in Kingsburg. Caldera determined that the motel was in the jurisdiction of the Tulare County Sheriff‟s Department and transferred the call within seconds. Caldera told the caller not to hang up, but the caller hung up anyway. Caldera told the sheriff‟s department that there was someone in room 310 at the motel either killing, stabbing, or hitting his wife. Tulare County Sheriff‟s Dispatcher Melinda Mathews received the call from Caldera and dispatched Sheriff‟s Deputy Robert Hadley to the Kings Inn Motel. Deputy Hadley drove to the Kings Inn Motel and pulled up to room 310, which was dark with the

2 air conditioner on. He knocked on the door three…