Two police officers are on patrol in an apartment complex when they hear loud voices coming from a first-floor open window. As officers approached and looked through the window, they saw two men screaming, shouting, and poking at one another
Both officers rushed through the front door and arrested both men for disorderly conduct. The men were convicted at a bench trial (without a jury) and seek to have their convictions vacated on the basis that the police did not have a warrant to enter the home. How should the appeals court rule? Explain your answer fully.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Answers may vary: As discussed in Chapter 11, there are certain exceptions to the warrant requirement, but students should be able to recognize when police see a crime in progress, sufficient probable cause exists for them to enter and stop a crime in progress. The analysis in the converse is that police need not watch a crime in progress while it takes time to secure a warrant.
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