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Supreme Court· 6/21/1978

Mincey v. Arizona

Citations

  • 437 U.S. 385
  • 98 S. Ct. 2408
  • 57 L. Ed. 2d 290
  • 1978 U.S. LEXIS 115

About this case

Mincey v. Arizona — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.

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  • holding that when police enter the scene of a homicide they may make a prompt warrantless search of the area to see if there are other victims or if a killer is still on the premises
  • finding “no exigent circumstances” supporting a warrantless search because “[tjhere was no indication that evidence would be lost, destroyed, or removed during the time required to obtain a search warrant”

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Judges: Stewart, Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blacicmun, Powell, Stevens, Rehnquist

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