United States v. Lawlor

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• holding that a protective sweep conducted following an arrest just outside the home may be reasonable
• holding that a protective sweep conducted following an arrest just outside the home may be reasonable
• entry through an open door to search the home after an “arrest that occurs just outside the home” requires reasonable suspicion
• “[A]n arrest that occurs just outside the home can pose an equally serious threat to arresting officer as one that occurs in the home.”
• “[A]n arrest that occurs just outside the home can pose an equally serious threat to arresting officer as one that occurs in the home.”
• warrantless search upheld where, in response to report of a gunshot and altercation, police officer conducted protective sweep of premises for additional assailant with a gun prior to formally arresting defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).