Fourth Circuit· 6/29/2009

Hunsberger v. Wood

Citations

570 F.3d 546
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 13925
2009 WL 1845225

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holding that a reasonable officer could conclude that entering an unoccupied house was necessary to locate a missing child who may have been inside
holding that a reasonable officer could conclude that entering an unoccupied house was necessary to locate a missing child who may have been inside
explaining that courts have applied the community caretaking exception to searches of private homes, but declining to apply the rationale in that particular case
defining exigent circumstances as “an emergency *** requiring] immediate entry to render assistance or prevent harm to persons or property within”
describing exigent circumstances as those creating “objectively reasonable belief that an emergency existed that required immediate entry to render assistance or prevent harm to persons or property within”
noting overlap and distinction between community caretaking and exi- gent circumstances doctrines

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Judges: Wilkinson, Traxler, Beam, Eighth

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