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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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