Under what circumstances will a police officer enter a house in search of a firearm?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Martin v. City of Oceanside, 360 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir. 2004):
Under these circumstances, the officers' entry was reasonable. See Wilson v. Arkansas, 514 U.S. 927, 936, 115 S.Ct. 1914, 131 L.Ed.2d 976 (1995) (holding that "although a search or seizure of a dwelling
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