· 4/18/1978
State v. District Court of Eighth Jud. Dist.
Citations
- 577 P.2d 849
- 176 Mont. 257
- 1978 Mont. LEXIS 782
How courts have described this case
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- holding emergency exception applied when officers entered through an open -door to determine whether a young man slumped over a table in the middle of the afternoon needed assistance
- holding emergency exception applied when officers entered through an open door to determine whether a young man slumped over a table in the middle of the afternoon needed assistance
- view through open door of person slumped over kitchen table, not moving but with hair dryer on and in his hand, sufficient to allow entry into dwelling
- warrantless entry into apartment permissible where front door was ajar and officers observed a man “slumped over a table in the middle of the afternoon”
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Judges: Daly, Haswell, Harrison
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