No
Under Mincey v. Arizona (1978) there is no crime scene exception to the Fourth Amendment Warrant Clause, but there is an exigent circumstances exception. The initial entry of the officers was justified by a need to protect or preserve life or avoid serious injury. The 911 calls provided probable cause of exigent circumstances. Moreover, it is well settled that where the officers' search is conducted during the course of legitimate emergency activities, they may seize evidence of a crime that is in plain view. Under state cases, when a law enforcement officer enters private premises in response to a call for help and thereby comes upon what reasonably appears to be the scene of a crime, and secures the crime scene from persons other than law enforcement officers by appropriate means, all property within the crime scene in plain view which the officer has probable cause to associate with criminal activity is thereby lawfully seized within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Officers arriving at the crime scene thereafter and while it is still secured can examine and remove property in plain view without a search warrant. The entry of the lead detective did not constitute a new search, but a continuation of the initial search. The only evidence seized was evidence observed in plain view during the police officers' protective sweep of the house. At no time during the search did the officers open drawers or closed containers. The officers in Mincey, to the contrary, conducted an exhaustive search. They opened drawers, closets and cupboards, emptied clothing pockets and pulled up sections of the carpet. They did not, as in the present case, confine their search and seizure to items discovered in plain view during the emergency search.