State v. Frankel

In this case, the Freehold Township Police Department received an open line 9-1-1 call from defendant’s residence and dispatched a police officer to that address. Defendant advised the officer that he lived alone, did not make and could not account for the call, and would not consent to a search of his home so that the officer could satisfy himself that no one was in need of assistance. We must decide whether, under the totality of the circumstances, the officer’s limited search of the home for a possible victim was justified under the emergency aid exception to the warrant requirement.

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