Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates February 2011 No. 2 Vol. 14
Commonwealth of Kentucky

Warrantless Searches

The Exigency Exception to the Fourth Amendment

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Commonwealth of Kentucky

Petitioner

Joshua D. Farley, Counsel of Record On October 13, 2005, undercover informants for the Lexington, Kentucky, police purchased crack cocaine from several drug traffickers as part of a sting operation. Following the transaction, one of the sellers ran back to his apartment. Uniformed officers, waiting nearby, followed the fleeing drug dealer into the building. Upon entering, the officers heard a slam from one of two doors at the far end of the hall. They decided to knock loudly on the door on the left, from which they could detect the smell of burning marijuana. After announcing that they were the…

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