EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the exigent circumstances exception to the requirement for a search warrant before police enter a dwelling. At issue is whether officers who effected a warrantless entry created the exigent circumstances necessitating that entry. We conclude that, under the facts of this case, they did not.
I. FACTS & BACKGROUND
On September 2, 1990, United States Customs inspectors at a mail examining facility...
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