Legal Opinion
State v. Wren
Idaho Court of Appeals
Decided February 2, 1989No. 16827PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURNETT, Judge.
This appeal presents a narrow but important constitutional question. May police officers, in whose presence a nonviolent misdemeanor has occurred, pursue the alleged offender into his home and seize him there without an arrest warrant? We hold that they may not unless (a) the pursuit is triggered by flight from a lawful arrest outside the home, or (b) exigent circumstances, other than the pursuit itself, make it necessary to enter the home without a warrant.
The facts framing this issue are as follows. On February 11,1986, police officers in Lewiston, Idaho, responded to a…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by28 opinions
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