Kentucky v. King
2011 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. 452 (2011), was a decision by the US Supreme Court, which held that warrantless searches conducted in police-created exigent circumstances do not violate the Fourth Amendment as long as the police did not create the exigency by violating or threatening to violate the Fourth Amendment.[1]
Quick Facts Kentucky v. King, Argued January 12, 2011 Decided May 16, 2011 ...
Kentucky v. King | |
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Argued January 12, 2011 Decided May 16, 2011 | |
Full case name | Kentucky v. King |
Docket no. | 09-1272 |
Citations | 563 U.S. 452 (more) 131 S. Ct. 1849; 179 L. Ed. 2d 865 |
Case history | |
Prior | Defendant convicted (Fayette Co. Cir. Ct.); affirmed, unpublished (Ky. App.); reversed, 302 S.W.3d 649 (Ky. 2010). |
Holding | |
Warrantless searches conducted in exigent circumstances do not violate the Fourth Amendment as long as the police did not create the exigency by violating or threatening to violate the Fourth Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Dissent | Ginsburg |
Laws applied | |
Fourth Amendment |
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