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CA3: Bloody man and blood trail into motel room were exigent circumstances for entry

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Response to a 911 call at a motel led police to observe the bleeding defendant and a blood trail into a room. When the police tried to go into the room with defendant, he fled. The officers continued into the room, and the record supports that the contraband was found in plain view in the room and its evidentiary value was immediately apparent. United States v. Orrie, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16827 (3d Cir. August 5, 2008) (unpublished).* Defense counsel is not ineffective for not giving defendant a copy of the suppression hearing transcript. State v. Shelton, 2008 Ohio 4016, 2008 Ohio App. LEXIS 3396 (2d Dist. August 8, 2008).* Defendant probationer's live-in girlfriend's consent to a search of their house to police obviated the need for probation officers to have reasonable suspicion for a probation search...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 11, 2008 (boomark / email).