The “emergency doctrine” exception to unreasonable searches under the Fourth Amendment applies when the “life” that law enforcement officers are acting to protect is that of an animal, and not just a human, a town justice ruled.
Vincent Campbell, a town court justice in Greece, Monroe County, upheld evidence gathered by a humane society investigator against defendant Daryl Roundtree for not providing drinking water to the pit bull terrier he left tethered outside his home in February 2016.
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