Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates April 2021 No. 4 Vol. 24
Edward A. Caniglia, Petitioner

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The “Community Caretaking” Exception to the Fourth Amendment

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Edward A. Caniglia, Petitioner

Shay Dvoretzky, Counsel of Record

On Aug. 20, 2015, Edward A. Caniglia had a heated argument with his wife, Kim, in their Cranston, R.I., home. At one point, Mr. Caniglia retrieved his unloaded handgun from their upstairs bedroom, put it on the dining-room table and told his wife, “Why don’t you just shoot me and get me out of my misery?” Mrs. Caniglia subsequently left to spend the night in a motel. The next day, she phoned her husband …

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