← All Authorities
United States Leading Case uncategorised

Kentucky v King

563 U.S. 452 (2011)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year2011
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Police may rely on exigent circumstances to justify a warrantless entry unless they themselves violated or threatened to violate the Fourth Amendment to create the exigency.

Key Principle

Fourth Amendment; police-created exigency; officers may rely on exigent circumstances if they did not violate or threaten to violate Fourth Amendment

Area of Law

criminal

Related Cases

Pell v The Queen (2020) 268 CLR 123

Appellate court must itself assess whether jury verdict was unreasonable where unchallenged opportunity evidence raised reasonable doubt as to guilt.

Smethurst v Commissioner of Police (2020) 272 CLR 177

Search warrant executed at journalist's home held invalid for technical defects; High Court considered scope of implied freedom of political communication but declined to quash the warrant on that basis.

De Silva v The Queen (2019) 268 CLR 57

The High Court considered the Browne v Dunn rule and the appropriate jury directions when a party fails to cross-examine a witness on a matter it intends to contradict.

Ask CommonBench about this case

Get a detailed analysis of Kentucky v King and how it applies to your situation.

Explain Kentucky v King