Legal Opinion
Teresa Sheehan v. City and County of San Francis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 21, 2014No. 11-16401PublishedCited by 198 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a near fatal tragedy in which police officers attempted to help a mentally ill woman who needed medical evaluation and treatment but wound up shooting and nearly killing her instead. They did so after entering her home without a warrant, causing her to react with violent outrage at the intruders. Fundamentally at issue is the constitutional balance between a person’s right to be left alone in the sanctity of her home and the laudable efforts of the police to render emergency assistance, but in a way that does not turn the intended beneficiary…
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3Cited by198 opinions
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