State v. Kersh

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that officer was justified in opening a car door to check on the condition of the defendant, who was slumped over the wheel
• holding that officer was justified in opening a car door to check on the condition of the defendant, who was slumped over the wheel
• concluding the officer should be “commended rather than criticized” for checking on the defendant
• officer justified in opening vehicle door to check condition of unresponsive occupant slumped behind the wheel
• survey of cases from other jurisdictions regarding the propriety of police opening a vehicle to determine whether an unconscious or disoriented person is in distress
• defendant slumped behind steering wheel did not respond to knocks on window

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).