Court: Police justified in entering home after seeing flies
Published: August 7, 2022
A search of the house led to the discovery of a decomposing body in a sealed bedroom.
Source: kxxv.com
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United StatesJohn SamuoliAndrew SamuolisJohn SamuolisJustice Christine KellerConnecticut Supreme CourtFourth AmendmentChristine KellerCourt Police Justified In Entering Home After Seeing FliesThe Connecticut Supreme Court Ruled Thursday Ina Murder Case That Police Were Justified In Entering Defendants Home Withouta Warrant After Observing An Infestation Of Flies Ata Window Ruling Comes Andrew SamuolisHo Is Servinga 45 Year Sentence For Murdering His Father Witha Modified Flare Gun In February 2013 And Shooting An Officer The Arm Months Later When Police Entered Willimantic Home Court Agreed With Samuolis LawyersHo Argued Thata Warrant Was Needed For Police To Go Into The Home Check On Well Being Of SonHo Was Known To Have Mental IssuesR If Officers Believed There Wasa Dead Body In The House But Justices Found That Police Could Have Father Needed Emergency AttentionLlowing For An Exception To The Warrant Requirement Of Fourth Amendment Us Constitution Although Responding Officers ThoughtAsed On Their ExperienceHat The Most Likely Explanation For This Fly Infestation Was Presence Ofa Dead BodyHey Also Left Open The Possibility That An Occupant Might Be Injured Rather Than DeadUstice Christine Keller Wrote For The Court We Cannot Say That This Supposition Was Unreasonable Police Were Doinga Second Well Being Check At Home In June 2013 After Called By NeighborsHo Had Not Seen The Father7 Year Old John SamuolisN Months After Calling Out And Knocking At The DoorOlice Entered The Home Withouta WarrantOting Changes Froma Prior VisitNcluding Chicken Wire Around Some Of The Windows Anda Fly Infestation Younger Samuolis Appeared In Camouflage And Shot One Officer Arm Before Fleeing Home He Was Captured Aftera Short Manhunta Search House Led To Discovery John Decomposing Body Ina Sealed Bedroom Prosecutors Said Had His Father Head During An Argument Over Plans Sell Later After It Began Smell