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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether an officer pursuing a misdemeanor suspect can follow that person into their home without a warrant in a case civil liberty groups say could vastly expand police powers.
Several of the justices were skeptical of the argument that the high court could draw a clear line between felonies – in which such warrantless searches are often permitted – and misdemeanors, given the difference between the two classes of crime are usually difficult for a police officer to determine in the heat of a chase.
The suit emerged from the case of a California man who pulled into his garage and closed the door rather than stopping when an officer activated his police lights about 100 feet from the man's driveway. As the garage door closed, the police officer tripped a sensor, causing it to reopen, and ultimately charged the man with DUI.
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