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063501P.pdf 08/23/2007 USA v. Michael A. Valencia
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 06-3501
District of Nebraska - Lincoln
[PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Smith and Gruender, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal Case - suppression. District court did not clearly err in
concluding exigent circumstances objectively justified warrantless entry
into apartment where gunshots had come from to secure the shot gun and
discern if the shooter or victims in need of medical attention were inside.
Thirty-minute delay in entering apartment did not reduce the exigency.