YEGAN, Acting P.J.
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the police from making a warrantless entry into a dwelling. Case law has established a "bright line" at the home's threshold, i.e. it's door. Were we to sanction the instant entry, the line would not be bright. Instead, it would be dim, if not altogether erased.
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