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Supreme Court limits when police can enter home without warrant

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday put limits on when police officers pursuing a fleeing suspect can enter a home without a warrant.The high court ruled that when officers are pursuing someone suspected of a misdemeanor, a less serious crime, they cannot always enter a home without a warrant if a suspect enters.The court had previously said that police in "hot pursuit" of a suspect believed to have committed a more serious crime, a felony, can enter a home without a warrant.The case the justices decided Wednesday is important both to law enforcement and to groups concerned about privacy."The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless entry into a home.

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