The United States Supreme Court held in Payton v.
Warrantless felony arrests in the home are not permissible absent exigent circumstances. Let’s start with what we knew before Lange was decided. Today’s post reviews how Lange fits into the landscape of Fourth Amendment cases establishing when an officer may forcibly enter a suspect’s home without a warrant.
_ (June 23, 2021), holding that the flight of a person suspected of a misdemeanor offense does not categorically justify an officer’s warrantless entry into a home.
A few weeks ago the United States Supreme Court decided Lange v.
