Is a police officer permitted to enter a house using trickery, stealth or subterfuge?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Trudell, 173 Cal.App.3d 1221, 219 Cal.Rptr. 679 (Cal. App. 1985):
Clearly, police use of subterfuge or ruse is prohibited to gain an otherwise impermissible entry of a residence. (People v. Rand (1972) 23 Cal.App.3d 579, 582, 100 Cal.Rptr. 473.) "It is well settled by both federal and state decisions that 'an entry obtained by trickery, stealth or subterfuge
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