State v. Boghos Terzian

Although we agree with the majority’s conclusion that, in view of the ambiguous *1245nature of the facts known to the police, the consent exception to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article 1, section 6 of the Rhode Island Constitution did not justify a warrantless search, especially into the defendant’s bedroom, we vigorously disagree with its holding that the officers’ actions could not be upheld under the exigent-circumstances exception to the warrant requirement.' In our view, the circumstances that confronted the officers on July 31, 2007, called for emergency…