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· 3/7/2005

United States v. John D. Kempf

Citations

  • 400 F.3d 501
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 3735
  • 2005 WL 517747

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that a warrantless search is permissible when “police have a reasonable belief that exigent circumstances require immediate action …”
  • finding reasonable officers’ safety justification for warrantless entry of house when they believed defendant could access potentially loaded gun inside
  • finding exigent circumstances for warrantless entry into home where officers believed the defendant could access potentially loaded gun inside

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Judges: Bauer, Easterbrook, Wood

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