· 8/27/2008
United States v. Venters
Citations
- 539 F.3d 801
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 18372
- 2008 WL 3917775
How courts have described this case
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- situation must present a “compelling need for official action [with no] time to secure a warrant”
- materials and equipment used to manufacture methamphetamine included lithium batteries, coffee filters, blender, and drain cleaner
- no noises from within shed consistent with possibility occupant was too in- jured to respond
- warrant- less entry justified where officers knew that children had been 16 No. 14-1641 in house for several days where adults were manufacturing methamphetamine, posing great risk to bystanders, but court emphasized narrowness of exigent circumstances finding
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Judges: Ripple, Kanne, Williams
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