Legal Opinion
United States v. Kamaal Mallory
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 3, 2014No. 13-2025PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
In nearly all circumstances, we require police officers to obtain a warrant supported by probable cause before engaging in a search or seizure of a person, their house, their papers, or their effects. One of the few exceptions to this rule allows police to conduct a warrantless search or seizure when exigent circumstances require them to act with such alacrity that requiring them to first obtain a warrant would be unreasonable. The question at the heart of this case requires us to determine whether an exigency has abated such that officers are no…
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