Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 8/10/1984

State v. Morse

Citations

125 N.H. 403
480 A.2d 183
1984 N.H. LEXIS 259

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collecting cases and noting that courts upholding “doorway arrests’.’ have “stressed] that the arrest in each case was effected without the police having to enter the defendant’s residence” (emphasis added)
“Mere speculation about the possibility of destruction of evidence is insufficient to support a claim of exigency.”
\Mere speculation about the possibility of destruction of evidence is insufficient to support a claim of exigency.\
“[T]hat police operations would be more efficient if the warrant requirement were ignored” is insufficient to prove exigency.
a warrantless arrest of a defendant when he appeared at the doorway of his motel room in response to a police knock was held to be invalid without exigent circumstances
police arrested defendant when he responded to knock on his motel room door

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Judges: Brock

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