Commonwealth v. Lewin (No. 1)

How courts have described this case

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

• scope of warrantless protective sweep for victims in a murder case “is limited to a cursory inspection for victims or suspects”
• in a murder case, police may conduct a protective sweep of the area to see if there are other victims or if a killer is still on the premises
• “In a murder case, the police ‘may make a prompt warrantless search of the area to see if there are other victims or if a killer is still on the premises.’ Mincey v. Arizona, [437 U.S. 385, 392 (1978
• perjurious police conduct constituting egregious police misconduct warranting suppression

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).