State v. Petruccelli

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that parents of a child may both have a right to physical custody of the child
• recognizing that Dorman “factors are not exclusive” and “there may be circumstances in which the presence of one factor alone can justify a warrantless entry” (quotation omitted)
• explaining that custodial interference demands more than “prevent[ing] the legal custodian from exercising physical control over the child” (quotation omitted)
• looking to Dorman factors in case that, like Dorman, involved warrantless entry into defendant’s home
• “We consider the totality of the circumstances when determining whether exigent circumstances are present sufficient to justify a warrantless entry into the home.”
• kidnapping conviction upheld; confinement lasted one and a half hours

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).