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WASHINGTON (CN) Holding arguments in a case where what happened is about as strange as any hypothetical, Justice Stephen Breyer still provided plenty of seemingly ridiculous reasons in which the law might let a police officer enter someone’s home without a warrant.
How about if California law prevents you from selling or giving away a rabbit for a lottery prize?
“You can think of about 50 of those when you start to get into misdemeanors,” Breyer said Wednesday. “It seems like your home isn’t your castle for terribly minor things.”
On the other hand, Breyer said, “we lose the benefits of a bright line where hot pursuit is really serving an important purpose.”