Home entries by police
Posted By VHD on Jun 3, 2010 2:22pm PDT
Without a search warrant, the police can only enter or home, or its curtilage, to conduct a search or an arrest when exigent circumstances exist, regardless of whether the police have probable cause. The most common forms of exigent circumstances given by police are "hot pursuit," office safety, evidence destruction and suspect flight.
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