The defendant has been convicted of murder at a trial in which the prosecutor introduced a shell casing found in the defendant's apartment, when the police forcibly entered to arrest him without a warrant. On appeal the United States Supreme Court held that the police may not enter private premises without a warrant unless there are exigent circumstances and found unconstitutional certain New York...
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