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· 5/16/2005

United States v. Monroe Martinez

Citations

  • 406 F.3d 1160
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 8624
  • 2005 WL 1139939

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that no exigent circumstances justified a warrantless entry where police arrived at the scene and found the domestic abuse victim already outside the home, in the front yard
  • “When the domestic violence 3 victim is still in the home, circumstances may justify an entry pursuant to the exigency doctrine.”
  • “When the domestic violence victim is still in the home, circumstances may justify an entry pursuant to the exigency doctrine.”
  • “When the domestic violence victim is still in the home, circumstances may justify an 7 entry pursuant to the exigency doctrine.”
  • “Indeed, more officers are killed or injured on domestic violence calls than on any other type of call.”
  • reasonable to search the “part of the premises in which the emergency situation had arisen”

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Judges: Hawkins, Thomas, McKeown

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