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A Dubuque man who took his firearms conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court has lost his appeal for the second time.
Police charged Kenneth Sanders with possessing a firearm while prohibited to do so after getting a report of a domestic dispute at his girlfriend s residence in 2018. As later summarized by the justices, police saw a child in a window waving to them and heard a child crying inside the home, and decided to enter despite lacking a warrant or permission from the homeowner.
Inside, a child told officers of hearing shouting about a gun. Police searched and found a pistol in the couch on which Sanders was sitting.
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The U.S. Supreme Court. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)
WASHINGTON (CN) Following a May ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court stunting the “community caretaking” authority of police, Justice Brett Kavanaugh stressed Tuesday that officers can still enter a home without a warrant under certain conditions.
The brief concurring opinion from the Donald Trump appointee came in the case of Kenneth Sanders, an Iowa man who pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm after a domestic violence call.
When officers arrived on the scene, they heard a child crying after the visibly beaten mother opened the door to fetch Sanders. The officers used that child’s cry and the mother’s bruises as grounds for a warrantless entry before discovering a weapon stuffed in a couch.