City of Troy v. Ohlinger

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding a warrantless entry into a home after an officer observed a man inside bleeding and not moving in order “to determine if [medical] assistance was required”
• stating entry into defendant’s home to see if assistance was required justified police investigation as part of the community caretaking function upon seeing defendant bleeding and not moving
• “The officer may not do more than is reasonably necessary to determine whether a person is in need of assistance, and to provide that assistance.”
• officer responded to report of injury accident, cross-referenced license plate number with residence, and saw damaged car outside home
• entry into dwelling justified where flashlight shined through bedroom window showed defendant, who had earlier left scene of auto accident holding his head, bleeding and not moving
• officer responded to report of injury accident, cross-referenced license plate number with residence, and saw damaged car outside home

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).