Prepare a legal brief on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S

Prepare a legal brief on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. ___ (2011) which can be found at this link.
www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/09-1272.ZS.html

The case is also attached to this assignment.

The case brief will be graded on the rubric in the student resources section under case brief. Please carefully review the rubric before you start the assignment. Please attach your brief to this assignment as a word document.
By briefing a case, you are reading the entire court opinion then summarizing it into your own words so that the important information from the brief is easier to understand and remember.
Legal case names should be done in standard “Blue Book” format. Example:

York v. Smith, 65 U.S. 294 (1995). For further information see http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation and look under the “How to Cite” section. In addition see the web resource section for this course and click on the folder marked “how to brief a case”

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Case: Kentucky v. King (2011)

Facts: A man who had been previously convicted of drugs was acquitted on appeal to the Supreme Court. There was no proof that officers gained entry to his premises by means of actual and threatened violence. The court held that the fourth amendment did not justify officers to search the occupant’s apartment unless in the presence of exigent circumstances.

Issues: Do officers have the right to conduct warrantless searches in reasonable circumstances……………………

APA

681 words

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