People v. Klimek

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• concluding that the warrantless entry was unjustified, in part because the delay involved in obtaining a warrant would not have impeded the investigation or prevented the apprehension of the defendant
• finding no exigent circumstances justifying a warrantless entry where, among other reasons, the officers had no reason to believe the defendant was armed and he was not accused of committing a violent crime or one involving a weapon
• where warrant-less entry was not justified by exigent circumstances, plain-view doctrine did not apply
• where officer not lawfully within the residence, the plain-view doctrine did not apply
• battery on officers unlawfully within defendant’s apartment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).