This is an appeal from the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained by a law enforcement officer following his warrantless entry into the defendant's residence. The district court found the entry to be justified by exigent circumstances. Because we conclude that an officer may not rely on avoidable exigent circumstances of his own creation to justify a warrantless entry, we...
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