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· 5/29/1991

United States v. Orville Reed, A/K/A Sonny Reed

Citations

  • 935 F.2d 641
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 10817
  • 1991 WL 87227

How courts have described this case

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  • finding exigency where police officers saw sawed-off shotgun eighteen inches from man sleeping in a home where another man, known to carry firearms and with past arrests for assault and brandishing weapons, resided
  • “There is no precise formula since emergency circumstances will vary from case to case and the inherent necessities of each situation must be scrutinized.”

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Judges: Russell, Chapman, Dupree, Eastern

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