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· 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

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

  • 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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