United States v. Harris

FERREN, Associate Judge:

In this expedited interlocutory government appeal, we review a trial court order suppressing evidence that police discovered on the defendant’s person and in his bedroom after they had entered his home, without a warrant, to arrest him for murder. 1 Because we believe that the police were acting under exigent circumstances, including a serious danger that the defendant would attack again if not apprehended as quickly as possible, we conclude that the warrantless entry to arrest him was lawful. Consequently, the ammunition clip that police found when they searched the…