What is the test for unannounced police intrusion into a private home?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 12 Cal.App.3d 600, 90 Cal.Rptr. 881 (Cal. App. 1970):
'(T)he Fourth Amendment is violated by an unannounced police intrusion into a private home, with or without an arrest warrant, except * * * where the officers are justified in the belief that persons within are in imminent peril of bodily harm, * * *' (Ker v. State of California, 374 U.S. 23, 25, 47, 83 S.Ct. 1623, 1636, 10 L.Ed.2d 726.)
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