The Supreme Court has decided to hear a gun-seizure case from Rhode Island that questions whether the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement applies to a personal residence.
The high court granted the petition in the case known as Caniglia v. Strom on Nov. 20 without explaining why, as is its custom. It’s an appeal from the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals. At the same time, the court also agreed to hear a separate, unrelated case, United States of America v. Cooley, which concerns whether evidence can be used in court when a tribal police officer detains a non-Indian on a reservation based on a potential violation of state or federal law.
