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· 8/17/1993

In Re Forfeiture of $176,598

Citations

  • 505 N.W.2d 201
  • 443 Mich. 261

How courts have described this case

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

  • entry “at the scene of an apparent breaking and entering” necessary because the “intruders may have restrained or, worse yet, injured or lolled the inhabitants”
  • activated residential security alarm, together with evidence of forced entry sufficient to permit exigent circumstances entry
  • police entry “at the scene of an apparent breaking and entering” necessary because “intruders may have restrained or, worse yet, injured or killed the inhabitants”
  • the exigent circumstances exception allows the police to search a dwelling without a warrant if there is a risk of danger to the police or others inside or outside the dwelling
  • “The police must further establish the existence of an actual emergency on the basis of specific and objective facts indicating that immediate action is necessary to (1) prevent the imminent destruction of evidence, (2) protect the police officers or others, or (3
  • “The police must further establish the existence of an actual emergency on the basis of specific and objective facts indicating that immediate action is necessary to (1) prevent the imminent destruction of evidence, (2) protect the police officers or others, or (3

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cavanagh, Levin, Brickley, Boyle, Riley, Griffin, Mallett

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