United States v. Raymond Edwards, United States of America v. David Richards

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• relying on specific factual findings made by the trial court to support its own conclusion that exigent circumstances existed
• relying on specific factual findings made by the trial court to support its own conclusion that exigent circumstances existed
• warrantless entry into a house by government agents to prevent the destruction of a package of heroin
• warrantless entry into a house by government agents to prevent the destruction of a package of heroin
• agents reasonably believed surveillance had been spotted and heard running water as they approached door
• “the possibility that evidence will be destroyed by defendants who have discovered government surveillance of their activities often has been recognized as a sufficient exigency to justify warrantless entry [into a person’s home]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).