Joseph Kelsey v. SCDPPPS
Syllabus
Joseph G. Kelsey appeals the order of the Administrative Law Court (ALC), which affirmed the denial of parole by the Parole Board of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (the Board), arguing, inter alia, the Board is required to give putative parolees access to their files. We reverse and remand.
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- holding that police may seize evidence they observe while inside a house in hot pursuit of a suspect
- holding that the Fourth Amendment allows a search for evidence when there is “probable cause ... to believe that the evidence sought will aid in a particular apprehension or conviction”
- holding that the Fourth Amendment allows a search for evidence when there is “probable cause . . . to believe that the evidence sought will aid in a partic- ular apprehension or conviction”
- concluding that exigent circumstances allowed police to search home without warrant where they were seeking suspect from armed robbery
- holding that the government “may seize evidence simply for the purpose of proving a erime[.]”
- holding that danger to life of police officers constituted exigency justifying warrantless search
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