Exigent Circumstance Examples
An exigent circumstance is a situation which allows police officers to react immediately, and enter a building or structure without a warrant. The book defines exigent circumstances, “situation where officers have to take immediate action to make an arrest, officers don’t need to get an arrest warrant before they enter a home to make an arrest. The most common exigency is “hot pursuit” first recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in Warden v. Hayden (1967)” (Samaha, 2012, p.151).
An example of an exigent circumstance is I live in an apartment building on the third floor. One day a pull out my pistol to clean it and I start to clear my weapon by dropping the mag and I forget there is one in the chamber, accidently squeeze the trigger. I fired
An example of an exigent circumstance is I live in an apartment building on the third floor. One day a pull out my pistol to clean it and I start to clear my weapon by dropping the mag and I forget there is one in the chamber, accidently squeeze the trigger. I fired