Tuesday, December 11, 2012

First Circuit -- US v. Infante

No error in trial court holding that fire emergency call and the trail of blood justified warrantless entry under exigent circumstances.

No error in trial court holding that the atmosphere in deft's hospital room was sufficiently nonconfrontational to avoid Miranda.

Dissent - Where there's no smoke, there's no warrantless firefighter entry.


US v. Infante 
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