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State v. Carlson

Citations

  • 548 N.W.2d 138
  • 1996 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 246
  • 1996 WL 189963

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding entry into a home to search for a missing person, after the person’s boyfriend gave conflicting information about the missing person’s whereabouts, was reasonable under the emergency aid exception
  • holding entry into a home to search for a missing person, after the person’s boyfriend gave conflicting information about the missing person’s whereabouts, was reasonable under the emergency aid exception
  • rejecting a subjective test, because it is not satisfactorily subject to proof or disproof and sheds little light on the reasonableness inquiry
  • involving entry into defendant’s home under circumstances a reasonable person would have thought an emergency existed
  • accepting reasonable belief that “it seemed highly likely that some terrible harm had befallen her, requiring a rescue”
  • accepting reasonable belief that “it seemed highly likely that some terrible harm had befallen her, requiring a rescue”

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Judges: McGiverin, Harris, Larson, Carter, Ternus

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