Eighth Circuit· 4/26/2012

United States v. Ramirez

Citations

676 F.3d 755
2012 WL 1432062
2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 8451

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discussing Kentucky v. King and making alternative finding that suspect’s attempt to close hotel door on officers waiting outside was insufficient to establish exigent circumstances justifying warrantless entry
\[T]he government fails to establish that it was reasonable for the officers to conclude that destruction of evidence was imminent.\
law enforcement “bear[s] a heavy burden” of demonstrating the need for a warrantless seizure (quoting Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740, 749 (1984)
officer covered hotel door’s peephole and said “housekeeping” to get occupant to open door
court acknowledged that officer covered the peephole but did not find such action appropriate, instead focusing on officer’s clear Fourth Amendment violation in attempting to open a hotel room door with a key card

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Judges: Riley, Beam, Bye

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