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· 4/9/2015

Michael A. Hawkins v. United States

Citations

  • 113 A.3d 216
  • 2015 D.C. App. LEXIS 142
  • 2015 WL 1638119

How courts have described this case

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

  • in context of community-caretaking doctrine, \This court does not require the government to pursue the least restrictive means of correcting the problem.\
  • D.C. Court of Appeals specifically holding that, in order for a seizure to be permissible under the community caretaking doctrine, the police action be “totally divorced” from the detection and investigation of criminal activity
  • warrantless entry into idling car justified under public safety exception

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Judges: Thompson, Beckwith, Nebeker

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