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Exigent Circumstances

Random Drabble Word(s): “Exigent” and “Circumstance”

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Detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk, without a warrant, felt they had a justifiable reason for entering a suspect’s apartment.

“We need to get in there,” Randall said to Hopkirk. “He could be destroying evidence.”

“We don’t have a warrant,” Hopkirk responded.

“Exigent circumstances,” commented Randall. “Does that term ring a bell?”

Exigent circumstances, for people unfamiliar with the terminology, is the correct legal term. It allows law enforcement individuals to enter a property without a warrant.

“You first,” Hopkirk said. “Age before beauty.”

Randall and Hopkirk, once in the apartment, found absolutely nothing. It felt odd to them both.