State v. Angelos

How courts have described this case

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

• finding police officer lawfully searched house to prevent three unattended children from accidentally ingesting cocaine under the medical emergency exception to the police's community caretaking functions after the mother overdosed and was taken to the hospital
• police responded to defendant's 911 call that she had overdosed on drugs; holding that, where there were children in the house, the officers' search for drugs in the bathroom was proper
• police responded to defendant’s 911 call that she had overdosed on drugs; holding that, where there were children in the house, the officers’ search for drugs in the bathroom was proper
• “[T]he [government] must show that the officer, both subjectively and objectively, is actually motivated by a perceived need to render aid or assistance. The search must not be primarily motivated by intent to arrest and seize evidence.”
• defendant's 911 call that she had overdosed on drugs
• defendant’s 911 call that she had overdosed on drugs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).