Jeff Adachi may have to reconsider some of the cases he’s been showing on Youtube with the warrantless searches of SRO’s, because the US Supreme Court just handed down a decision today on this very issue
From the Los Angeles Times today
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision in a Kentucky case, says police officers who loudly knock on a door in search of illegal drugs and then hear sounds suggesting evidence is being destroyed may break down the door and enter without a search warrant.
from National Public Radio within the last hour
The U.S. Supreme Court has made it significantly easier for police to force their way into a home without a warrant. On Monday, the court, by an 8-1 vote, upheld the warrantless search of an apartment after police smelled marijuana and feared that those inside were destroying incriminating evidence.
and here is the actual decision from the SCOTUS website and it is the biggest story on Fark today