141 S.Ct. 1596

Caniglia v. Strom

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Wed, 10/26/2022 - 08:33

Court rejects notion that community caretaking functions of police create a standalone doctrine that justifies warrantless searches and seizures in the home; reverses summary judgment in favor of officers who entered plaintiff’s home without a warrant after he agreed to go to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and seized his firearms believing him to be suicidal; opinion distinguishes situation in which exigent circumstances require entry to render emergency assistance to injured occupant or protect occupant from imminent injury; concurrences note other situations where entry may be ne