BISTLINE, Justice.
This case requires us to determine whether the threat of destruction of evidence in connection with the offense of possession of marijuana constitutes exigent circumstances sufficient to overcome the Fourth Amendment's general prohibition against warrantless residential searches.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
Officer Gerald Evensizer entered an apartment building to serve an arrest warrant on a second floor resident. He observed...
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