Vol. 27 No. 22 – Hot Pursuit of Misdemeanants and Warranteless Entry Into A Home and/or Its Curtilage
HOT PURSUIT OF MISDEMEANANTS AND WARRANTLESS ENTRY INTO A HOME AND/OR ITS CURTILAGE On December 3, 2012, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held, in Sims v. Stanton, 2012 U.S. App. Lexis 24803 (9th Cir. Cal.), that the hot pursuit exception to the warrant requirement to enter a home, generally requires the fleeing suspect […]