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Task: Exigent Home/Curtilage Entry
Stanton v. Sims, 134 S. Ct. 3 (U.S. 2013).
• The law is not clearly established as to whether an officer is justified
in entering a private home or the curtilage of a private home while in
hot pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanant.
• Note: this decision gave the officer qualified immunity in a lawsuit
brought against the officer for entering the curtilage of a home in
pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanant.
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