Jeremy Carroll v. Andrew Carman, et Ux (574 U.S. 13)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided November 10, 2014 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 574 U.S. 13 · 135 S. Ct. 348
- Decided
- November 10, 2014
- Term
- October Term 2014
- Vote
- 9–0
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Opinion PER CURIAM. On July 3, 2009, the Pennsylvania State Police Department received a report that a man named Michael Zita had stolen a car and two loaded handguns. The report also said that Zita might have fled to the home of Andrew and Karen Carman. The department sent Officers Jeremy Carroll and Brian Roberts to the Carmans' home to investigate. Neither officer had been to the home before. 749 F.3d 192, 195 (C.A.3 2014). The officers arrived in separate patrol cars around 2:30 p.m. The Carmans' house sat on a corner lot-the front of the house faced a main street while the left (as viewed from the front) faced a side street. The officers initially drove to the front of the house, but after discovering that parking was not available there, turned right onto the side street. As they did so, they saw several cars parked side-by-side in a gravel parking area on the left side of the Carmans' property. The officers parked in the "first available spot," at "the far rear of the property." Ibid.(quoting Tr. 70 (Apr. 8, 2013)). The officers exited their patrol cars. As they looked toward the house, the officers saw a small structure (either a carport or a shed) with its door open and a light on. Id.,at 71. Thinking someone might be inside, Officer Carroll walked over, "poked [his] head" in, and said "Pennsylvania State Police." 749 F.3d, at 195(quoting Tr. 71 (Apr. 8, 2013);…
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