State v. Steelman

COCHRAN, J.,

filed a concurring opinion, joined by MEYERS and JOHNSON, J.J.

I join the majority opinion. I write separately only to point out what this case is not about.

This case is not about police officers who hear a gunshot inside a home and rush to investigate. That scenario clearly invokes the emergency doctrine and permits officers to enter a private home for the purpose of seeing if someone needs immediate assistance.1

I concur fully with the dissents’ review of the standards for probable cause for searches in public places. I do not agree that this standard is appropriate in the present…