City of Seattle v. Altschuler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding there was no evidence defendant was likely to escape if not swiftly apprehended because officers were blocking the garage door with their vehicle
• holding police could have watched defendant's home while obtaining \the usual warrant or a telephonic warrant\ rather than entering the defendant's home when defendant committed only a minor offense
• holding police could have watched defendant’s home while obtaining “the usual warrant or a telephonic warrant” rather than entering the defendant’s home when defendant committed only a minor offense
• hot pursuit alone is an insufficient justification for warrantless entry into home; exigent circumstances required unless fleeing felon
• hot pursuit alone is an insufficient justification for warrantless entry into home; exigent circumstances required unless fleeing felon
• hot pursuit or fleeing suspect did not constitute exigent circumstances justifying warrantless entry into home to make an arrest for traffic violation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).