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| June 03, 2010 |
| Home entries by police |
| Posted By VHD |
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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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| May 27, 2010 |
| Search incident to lawful arrest |
| Posted By VHD |
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The police are legally allowed to search a person and/or his vehicle whenever the police have made a legal arrest. The justification for this search is police officer safety. If the search precedes the arrest, it is an illegal search because the justification was not present at the time of the search.
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