Legal Opinion
City of Troy v. Ohlinger
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 10, 1991No. Docket 89177; Calendar 2PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
The questions presented are whether
—a police officer may enter a home, without a warrant, when he reasonably believes that a person inside the home may be seriously injured; and,
—whether he may arrest for misdemeanor violations of city ordinances, driving under the influence of alcohol, and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, if, after proper entry, he has reasonable cause to believe that the person was, at the time of an accident, the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident, and was operating the vehicle upon a public highway or other place open to the general public. 1
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Welsh v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Steagald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- State v. MountfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
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- People v. BrzezinskiMichigan Court of Appeals · 2001
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