Caniglia v. Strom (U.S. Supreme Court, May 2021)
Fourth Amendment, Search Warrants, Supreme Court Opinions
|In a case where police officers had entered a man’s house and seized his firearms after responding to calls that the man was possibly suicidal, the Supreme Court unanimously held that there is no “community caretaking” exception the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. Several of the justices issued concurring opinions, however, emphasizing that the Court’s holding does not affect the exigency exception to the requirement.