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Wyoming Supreme Court: Fleeing Into Home After Traffic Offense Not Exigent Circumstance Justifying Warrantless Entry

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2021 by Anthony Accurso published in Criminal Legal News October, 2021, page 16
Filed under: Need for an Arrest Warrant, Warrantless Searches, Traffic Stops. Location: Wyoming.

by Anthony Accurso

The Supreme Court of Wyoming held that police lacked exigent circumstances required to justify warrantless entry to a suspect’s apartment where the suspect was fleeing arrest for a traffic offense.

Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Kellison attempted to pull over an SUV that he noticed had no ...

 

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