Erickson v. United States ex rel. Feather

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• noting that guilty pleas inadmissible under Rule 803(22) may still be admissible under other hearsay exceptions
• exigent circumstances existed where officers received information indicating that shots had been fired, the suspect was suicidal, possibly homicidal, and had “threatened to kill any police officer who arrived on the scene”
• “[FJederal courts do not recognize a federal physician-patient privilege.... ”
• considering testimony of treating physician when patient consented to disclosure
• “Shrah decided to go through the house because it was the quickest route to get to the suspect to determine the extent of the threat which he posed. Under these circumstances, the officers were truly faced with an emergency situation, and were entitled to enter the house without a warrant.”
• “Shrah decided to go through the house because it was the quickest route to get to the suspect to determine the extent of the threat which he posed. Under these circumstances, the officers were truly faced with an emergency situation, and were entitled to enter the house without a warrant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).