43 Va. App. 603 - Kyer v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
3
states following
June 2015
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Payton v. New York · Ornelas v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Mincey v. Arizona
Most-quoted passages
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“Accordingly, we find that any distinction between the two exceptions has been effectively eradicated in the Commonwealth. In fact, such eradication has erred on the side of the sanctity of individuals’ Fourth Amendment privacy rights, by requiring, in every case, that police officers conducting warrantless searches pursuant to these exceptions do so independently of their criminal investigatory functions. In light of this, we find no reason to conclude that both doctrines, community caretaker and emergency, given the appropriate circumstances, should not extend to warrantless searches of homes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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