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Supreme Court rules police can NOT enter a home without a warrant even if they are in 'hot pursuit' of a misdemeanor suspect except in unspecified 'emergencies'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Ruling on Wednesday found in favor of California man Arthur Lange
- Cops followed him into his garage as he fled a ticket for obnoxious noise
- Lange was ultimately arrested after the officer smelled alcohol on his breath
- He argued the officer´s entry into the garage without a warrant violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free of 'unreasonable searches and seizures'
- Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the majority opinion: 'The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless entry into a home'
- The majority opinion of seven members of the court included both liberals and conservatives
- The minority, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, said a suspect's choice to flee alone should give police the ability to pursue them
- Police experts cautioned that the ruling could complicate matters for officers
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-24 |
