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U.S. v. DAWS

No. 12-5878.

711 F.3d 725 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Patrick DAWS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 2, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Daniel J. Taylor , Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellant. James Powell , United States Attorney's Office, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: DAUGHTREY, SUTTON and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether a public-safety exigency justified a warrantless search of Kevin Daws's home. We think it did, and so did the district court before us. We therefore affirm.

I.

Sheriff's deputies in Henderson County (Tennessee) received word of an armed home invasion on a winter evening in 2010. They went to the crime scene, where the victim reported what had happened. The victim...

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