United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of a motion to suppress evidence on drug-related offenses obtained as a result of a warrantless entry into defendant's home by a police officer responding to the reported activation of his home security system is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in finding: 1) that an officer's entry into a basement was justified under the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement; and 2) that an officer's entry into an interior room of the basement did not exceed the scope of the exigency.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2006
• Published 05/31/2006

Judges

• Before:  GUY, DAUGHTREY, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Stephen W. Owens, Stephen W. Owens Law Office, Pikeville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.