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E.D.Pa.: Officers could search defendant's pants which he sought to put on after his arrest

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Officers who were arresting the defendant could search his pants before he put them on. United States v. Hull, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86472 (E.D. Pa. August 19, 2010).* 911 hang up call was sufficient for a police entry in this § 1983 case. Johnson v. City of Memphis, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 17658, 2010 FED App. 0259P (6th Cir. August 24, 2010) (unpublished)*: We hold that the combination of a 911 hang call, an unanswered return call, and an open door with no response from within the residence is sufficient to satisfy the exigency requirement. The district court was correct in finding that the police were justified in entering the home to sweep for a person in need of immediate assistance under the emergency aid exception. The whole point of the 911 system is to provide people in need of emergency assistance an expeditious way to request it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 25, 2010 (boomark / email).