United States v. Fernell Starnes

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• explaining that the potential for an ambush in a confined and unfamiliar setting is precisely the situation in which an officer might need to perform a protective sweep
• recognizing the potential of ambush as a legitimate reason to perform a protective sweep
• “Thus the constitutionality of a protective sweep does not depend on whether that sweep is incidental to a search warrant, an arrest warrant, or a consensual search.”
• “Thus the constitu‐ tionality of a protective sweep does not depend on whether that sweep is incidental to a search warrant, an arrest warrant, or a consensual search.”
• these factors included a shooting at the residence hours before the planned raid; two aggressive pit bulls on the premises; other apartment doors open indicating the possible presence of others; and occupants of the targeted apartment alerted by gunfire

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).