United States Eleventh Circuit
US v. HOLLOWAY, 01-13607
Law enforcement officials may conduct a limited, warrantless search of a private residence in response to an emergency situation reported by an anonymous 911 caller, where exigent circumstances (particularly danger to human life) demand an immediate response; any evidence in plain view is properly seized.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/10/2002
- Published 05/10/2002
Judges
- BLACK, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK , District Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Joseph Peter Van Heest,Jennifer Anne Hart, Fed. Pub. Def., Federal Defenders Program, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellant., Michael D. Kanarick, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.