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exigent circumstances

An emergency situation justifying warrantless police action, such as hot pursuit or imminent evidence destruction.

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Related category: Search & Seizure

Cases that turn on the Fourth Amendment: warrants, traffic stops, frisks, consent, and what the police may do without asking a judge first. The newest Search & Seizure cases in the library:

• The One Who Stayed 2014 Fernandez v. California — Robbery; Assault with a Deadly Weapon
• The Dropped Rock 1991 California v. Hodari D. — Possession of Cocaine
• The Broken Door 1980 Payton v. New York — Murder (First Degree)
• The 911 Call 2014 Navarette v. California — Transportation of Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana for Sale
• The Smell at the Door 2011 Kentucky v. King — Trafficking in Controlled Substances; Possession of Marijuana

All 29 Search & Seizure cases →

See also: Search & seizure

• fourth amendment
• probable cause
• fruit of the poisonous tree
• motion to suppress

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