United States First Circuit

Defendant's conviction for drug-related offenses is affirmed where: 1) because the firefighters' warrantless entry into defendant's residence and their search of his cellar fall within the emergency exception to the warrant requirement, the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence that the firefighters observed in plain view; and 2) the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress the statements he made to investigators at the hospital because he was not in custody during the interviews.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/11/2012
• Published 12/11/2012

Judges

• Howard

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel