Massachusetts Appeals Court· 4/24/1980

Commonwealth v. Fiore

Citations

9 Mass. App. Ct. 618
403 N.E.2d 953
1980 Mass. App. LEXIS 1135

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report of housebreaking and discovery of cottage with outside door torn off and inner door ajar
report of housebreaking and discovery of cottage with outside door torn off and inner door ajar
normal procedure if police came upon a break-in was to enter to ascertain whether an intruder was still inside
all demon strating sufficient evidence of the defendant’s connection to the place where the contraband was discovered
where the dwelling had obviously been broken into, entry was justified in order to avert the possibility of danger to an occupant from the continued presence of the intruder
immediate warrantless entry lawful because of “the possibility of danger to an occupant”

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Judges: Goodman

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