Court Opinion

ID: 9468536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:17:00.548734+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:54.490716
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ROSS, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached in the majority opinion for the reasons stated therein and for one additional reason. I am satisfied that there were exigent circumstances present which justified the limited immediate entry into the house. Anderson saw a man at the window who presumably had furnished the marijuana to Kobelarczyk and had then seen Anderson arrest Kobe-larczyk. Anderson then yelled this information to Love. In my opinion, w.hen Love had this information and saw a person try to close the door, a reasonable and almost inescapable conclusion was that evidence was about to be destroyed. Since the entrance was only for the purpose of securing the premises pending obtaining a search warrant, the intrusion was relatively minor. See United States v. Acevedo, 627 F.2d 68 (7th Cir. 1980).