(Orin Kerr) In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Kentucky v. King, a case on police-created exigent circumstances. King was the case in which the police were chasing after a drug dealer and came across a door to an apartment building that had the smell of burning marijuana emanating from the apartment. The officers banged on [...]
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(Orin Kerr) Linda Greenhouse has a post up about the recent Supreme Court decision in Kentucky v. King which I fear misreads the case in the course of criticizing it. I’ve seen the same apparent misreading elsewhere from some pretty... Read Post
(Orin Kerr) Next week, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in Kentucky v. King, a potentially significant case on the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment. The exigent circumstances exception is a long... Read Post
(Orin Kerr) This morning the Supreme Court handed down Kentucky v. King, a Fourth Amendment case on police-created exigent circumstances. This was the case on when police conduct can be factored into the creation of an exigency that... Read Post