Is a search or seizure carried out on a suspect's premises without a warrant per se unreasonable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Whitten, 706 F.2d 1000 (9th Cir. 1983):
"[A] search or seizure carried out on a suspect's premises without a warrant is per se unreasonable unless the police can show that it falls within one of the carefully defined set of exceptions based on the premise of 'exigent circumstances.' " Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 474-75, 91 S.Ct. 2022, 2042, 29 L.Ed.2d 564 (1971); Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 586 n. 25, 100 S.Ct. 1371, 1380 n. 25, 63 L.Ed.2d 639 (1980).
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