- 06
- February
2012
You may receive an unexpected visit depending on noises or smells coming from your home. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision expands a loophole to the requirement that police must obtain a court warrant before searching your home.
In Kentucky v. King, police officers set up an undercover drug deal at an apartment building in Lexington, Kentucky. Following the deal, an undercover officer asked uniformed officers to arrest the drug dealer. The uniformed officers arrived on the scene and ran into the apartment building. As the officers entered they heard a door shut and saw two apartments at the end of a hall. They smelled marijuana coming from one of the apartments and assumed the drug dealer had entered that apartment.
When the officers knocked on the door and announced themselves, they heard noise that they thought was evidence being destroyed. They kicked down the door and found Mr. King along with marijuana and cocaine. The suspected drug dealer was actually found in the neighboring apartment.


