mincey arizona argued february decided june narcotics raid petitioner apartment undercover police officer several plainclothes policemen undercover officer shot killed petitioner wounded two persons apartment looking victims shooting arranging medical assistance narcotics agents pursuant police department directive police officers investigate incidents involved made investigation shortly thereafter however homicide detectives arrived scene take charge investigation proceeded conduct exhaustive warrantless search apartment included opening dresser drawers ripping carpets seizure objects evening day raid one detectives went hospital petitioner confined unit giving miranda warnings persisted interrogating lying bed barely conscious encumbered tubes needles breathing apparatus despite fact repeatedly asked interrogation stop get lawyer subsequently petitioner indicted convicted murder assault narcotics offenses trial arizona much evidence introduced product search appeal petitioner contended evidence used unlawfully seized apartment without warrant statements obtained hospital used impeach credibility inadmissible made voluntarily arizona reversed murder assault convictions grounds affirmed narcotics convictions holding warrantless search homicide scene permissible fourth fourteenth amendments petitioner statements hospital voluntary held murder scene exception created arizona warrant requirement inconsistent fourth fourteenth amendments warrantless search petitioner apartment constitutionally permissible simply homicide occurred pp search justified ground constitutionally protected right privacy invaded one thing say one legally taken police custody lessened right privacy person quite another argue also lessened right privacy entire house pp search justified ground possible homicide inevitably presents emergency situation especially since emergency threatening life limb persons apartment located search began pp seriousness offense investigation create exigent circumstances kind fourth amendment justify warrantless search indication evidence lost destroyed removed time required obtain search warrant suggestion warrant easily conveniently obtained pp arizona guidelines murder scene exception afford sufficient protection person whose home homicide assault occurs conferred unbridled discretion upon individual officer interpret terms reasonable search serious personal injury likelihood death reason suspect foul play reasonable period kind judgmental assessment reasonableness scope proposed search fourth amendment requires made neutral objective magistrate police officer pp due process requires statements obtained petitioner hospital used way trial apparent record product free rational choice greenwald wisconsin contrary wanted answer interrogator weakened pain shock isolated family friends legal counsel barely conscious simply overborne statements made defendant circumstances violating strictures miranda arizona admissible impeachment trustworthiness satisfies legal standards harris new york oregon hass criminal trial use defendant involuntary statement denial due process law pp stewart delivered opinion burger brennan white marshall blackmun powell stevens joined part rehnquist joined marshall filed concurring opinion brennan joined post rehnquist filed opinion concurring part dissenting part post richard oseran argued cause petitioner brief frederick klein galen wilkes assistant attorney general arizona argued cause respondent brief bruce babbitt attorney general philip urry assistant attorney general william schafer iii justice stewart delivered opinion afternoon october undercover police officer barry headricks metropolitan area narcotics squad knocked door apartment tucson occupied petitioner rufus mincey earlier day officer headricks allegedly arranged purchase quantity heroin mincey left ostensibly obtain money return accompanied nine plainclothes policemen deputy county attorney door opened john hodgman one three acquaintances mincey living room apartment officer headricks slipped inside moved quickly bedroom hodgman attempted slam door order keep officers entering pushed back wall police entered apartment rapid volley shots heard bedroom officer headricks emerged collapsed floor officers entered bedroom found mincey lying floor wounded semiconscious officer headricks died hours later hospital petitioner indicted murder assault three counts narcotics offenses tried single trial convicted charges trial appeal contended evidence used unlawfully seized apartment without warrant statements used impeach credibility inadmissible made voluntarily arizona reversed murder assault convictions grounds affirmed narcotics convictions held warrantless search homicide scene permissible fourth fourteenth amendments mincey statements voluntary granted certiorari consider substantial constitutional question first question presented whether search mincey apartment constitutionally permissible shooting narcotics agents thinking persons apartment might injured looked quickly victims found young woman wounded bedroom closet mincey apparently unconscious bedroom well mincey three acquaintances one wounded head living room emergency assistance requested medical aid administered officer headricks agents refrained investigation pursuant tucson police department directive police officers investigate incidents involved neither searched seized evidence merely guarded suspects premises within minutes however homicide detectives heard radio report shooting arrived took charge investigation supervised removal officer headricks suspects trying make sure scene disturbed little possible proceeded gather evidence search lasted four days period entire apartment searched photographed diagrammed officers opened drawers closets cupboards inspected contents emptied clothing pockets dug bullet fragments walls floors pulled sections carpet removed examination every item apartment closely examined inventoried objects seized short mincey apartment subjected exhaustive intrusive search warrant ever obtained petitioner pretrial motion suppress fruits search denied hearing much evidence introduced trial including photographs diagrams bullets shell casings guns narcotics narcotics paraphernalia product search apartment appeal arizona reaffirmed previous decisions held warrantless search scene homicide constitutionally permissible stated ruling follows hold reasonable warrantless search scene homicide serious personal injury likelihood death reason suspect foul play violate fourth amendment constitution law enforcement officers legally premises first instance search reasonable purpose must limited determining circumstances death scope must exceed purpose search must also begin within reasonable period following time officials first learn murder potential murder agree fourth amendment proscribes unreasonable searches seizures cardinal principle searches conducted outside judicial process without prior approval judge magistrate per se unreasonable fourth amendment subject specifically established exceptions katz footnotes omitted see also south dakota opperman powell concurring coolidge new hampshire vale louisiana terry ohio trupiano arizona hold search petitioner apartment fell within exceptions warrant requirement previously recognized rather search homicide scene recognized additional exception several reasons advanced state meet burden show existence exceptional situation justify creating new exception warrant requirement see vale louisiana supra jeffers none reasons however persuades us validity generic exception delineated arizona first contention search petitioner apartment invade constitutionally protected right privacy see katz supra argument appears two prongs one hand state urges shooting officer headricks mincey forfeited reasonable expectation privacy apartment recently rejected similar waiver argument michigan tyler suffices say reasoning impressibly convict suspect even evidence gathered hand state contends police entry arrest mincey great invasion privacy additional intrusion caused search constitutionally irrelevant claim hardly tenable light extensive nature search one thing say one legally taken police custody lessened right privacy person see edwards robinson quite another argue also lessened right privacy entire house indeed argument rejected advanced support warrantless search dwelling search occurred incident arrest occupant chimel california thus search justified ground constitutionally protected right privacy invaded state second argument support categorical exception warrant requirement possible homicide presents emergency situation demanding immediate action question right police respond emergency situations numerous state federal cases recognized fourth amendment bar police officers making warrantless entries searches reasonably believe person within need immediate aid similarly police come upon scene homicide may make prompt warrantless search area see victims killer still premises cf michigan tyler supra need protect preserve life avoid serious injury justification otherwise illegal absent exigency emergency wayne app opinion burger police may seize evidence plain view course legitimate emergency activities michigan tyler supra coolidge new hampshire warrantless search must strictly circumscribed exigencies justify initiation terry ohio simply contended search justified emergency threatening life limb persons mincey apartment located investigating homicide officers arrived began search search included opening dresser drawers ripping carpets hardly rationalized terms legitimate concerns justify emergency search third state points vital public interest prompt investigation extremely serious crime murder one doubt importance goal public interest investigation serious crimes comparable warrantless search homicide scene reasonable warrantless search scene rape robbery burglary consideration relevant fourth amendment suggests point rational limitation doctrine chimel california supra moreover mere fact law enforcement may made efficient never justify disregard fourth amendment cf coolidge new hampshire supra investigation crime always simplified warrants unnecessary fourth amendment reflects view wrote bill rights privacy person home property may totally sacrificed name maximum simplicity enforcement criminal law see chadwick reason warrants generally required search person home person unless exigencies situation make needs law enforcement compelling warrantless search objectively reasonable fourth amendment mcdonald johnson see chimel california supra search arrested suspect area within control weapons evidence warden hayden hot pursuit fleeing suspect schmerber california imminent destruction evidence see also supra except fact offense investigation homicide exigent circumstances case indeed arizona recognized indication evidence lost destroyed removed time required obtain search warrant indeed police guard apartment minimized possibility suggestion search warrant easily conveniently obtained decline hold seriousness offense investigation creates exigent circumstances kind fourth amendment justify warrantless search finally state argues murder scene exception constitutionally permissible narrowly confined guidelines set forth decision arizona see supra light extensive search took place case may questioned protection guidelines afford person whose home homicide assault occurs indeed guidelines hardly rigidly confining state seems assert confer unbridled discretion upon individual officer interpret terms reasonable search serious personal injury likelihood death reason suspect foul play reasonable period precisely kind judgmental assessment reasonableness scope proposed search fourth amendment requires made neutral objective magistrate police officer see district coolidge new hampshire supra mancusi deforte wong sun may well circumstances described arizona usually constitutionally sufficient warrant search substantial scope fourth amendment requires judgment case made first instance neutral magistrate point fourth amendment often grasped zealous officers denies law enforcement support usual inferences reasonable men draw evidence protection consists requiring inferences drawn neutral detached magistrate instead judged officer engaged often competitive enterprise ferreting crime johnson supra ii since presumably new trial case appropriate consider also petitioner contention statements made hospital bed involuntary therefore constitutionally used trial mincey brought hospital shooting taken immediately emergency room examined treated sustained wound hip resulting damage sciatic nerve partial paralysis right leg tubes inserted throat help breathe nose stomach keep vomiting catheter inserted bladder received various drugs device attached arm fed intravenously taken intensive care unit eight evening detective hust tucson police department came intensive care unit interrogate mincey unable talk tube mouth responded detective hust questions writing answers pieces paper provided hospital hust told mincey arrest murder police officer gave warnings required miranda arizona began ask questions events taken place mincey apartment hours earlier although mincey asked repeatedly interrogation stop get lawyer hust continued question almost midnight pretrial hearing see jackson denno trial found mincey responded interrogation voluntarily mincey took witness stand trial statements response detective hust questions used effort impeach testimony several respects appeal arizona indicated belief detective hust failed honor mincey request lawyer statements inadmissible part prosecution case chief miranda arizona supra relying harris new york oregon hass held since trial finding voluntariness clear ly manifest ly erroneous statements properly used purposes impeachment statements made defendant circumstances violating strictures miranda arizona supra admissible impeachment trustworthiness satisfies legal standards harris new york supra oregon hass supra criminal trial use defendant involuntary statement denial due process law even though ample evidence aside confession support conviction jackson denno supra haynes washington lynumn illinois stroble california see chapman california therefore mincey statements detective hust product rational intellect free townsend sain quoting blackburn alabama conviction stand making critical determination bound arizona holding statements voluntary instead duty make independent evaluation record davis north carolina haynes washington supra hard imagine situation less conducive exercise rational intellect free mincey seriously wounded hours earlier arrived hospital depressed almost point coma according attending physician although received treatment condition time hust interrogation still sufficiently serious intensive care unit complained hust pain leg unbearable evidently confused unable think clearly either events afternoon circumstances interrogation since written answers face entirely coherent finally mincey questioned lying back hospital bed encumbered tubes needles breathing apparatus short complete mercy detective hust unable escape resist thrust hust interrogation cf beecher alabama debilitated helpless condition mincey clearly expressed wish interrogated soon hust questions turned details afternoon events mincey wrote say without lawyer hust nonetheless continued question nurse present suggested best mincey answered mincey gave unresponsive uninformative answers several questions said want talk without lawyer hust ignored request another made immediately thereafter indeed throughout interrogation mincey vainly asked hust desist moreover complained several times confused unable think clearly answer accurately next day despite mincey entreaties let alone hust ceased interrogation intervals mincey lost consciousness received medical treatment interruption returned relentlessly task statements issue thus result virtually continuous questioning seriously painfully wounded man edge consciousness present case gross abuses led cases find confessions involuntary beatings see brown mississippi truth serums see townsend sain blood accused hallmark unconstitutional inquisition blackburn alabama determination whether statement involuntary requires mere cases reck pate requires careful evaluation circumstances interrogation apparent record case mincey statements product free rational choice greenwald wisconsin contrary undisputed evidence makes clear mincey wanted answer detective hust mincey weakened pain shock isolated family friends legal counsel barely conscious simply overborne due process law requires statements obtained used way defendant trial iii foregoing reasons judgment arizona reversed case remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion ordered footnotes state appellate held jury improperly instructed criminal intent appears record case retrial petitioner murder assault charges stayed trial certiorari granted police also returned apartment november request petitioner landlord remove property petitioner remained apartment lease expired october state sample state ex rel berger superior state duke appeals ninth circuit reversed denial petition writ habeas corpus filed defendant whose conviction upheld state sample supra ground inter alia warrantless search homicide scene violated fourth fourteenth amendments sample eyman moreover rationale inapplicable homicide occurred home victim stranger yet arizona cases indicate warrantless search case also permissible murder scene exception cf state sample supra people hill cal patrick state del people brooks app maxey state ind davis state md state hardin state gosser people mitchell state pires cases collected note emergency doctrine civil search seizure fourth amendment ford rev see also ali model code procedure ss prop draft citing cases note following course mean approve specific holding case root gauper barone wayne app opinion burger james supp sd miss ex rel parson anderson supp del aff see warden hayden mcdonald johnson state also relies fact observance guidelines enforced motion suppress evidence fourth amendment designed prevent simply redress unlawful police action chimel california extent evidence found mincey apartment permissibly seized established fourth amendment standards arizona courts resolve remand see also supra way interrogation conducted contemporaneous record consisted mincey written answers hust testified next day went document made notes help reconstruct conversation written report dated week later hust transcribed mincey answers added questions believed asked written report used mincey subsequent trial trial made findings fact make specific finding voluntariness petitioner contends admission statements therefore violated jackson denno agree arizona however finding voluntariness appear record unmistakable clarity sims georgia petitioner originally moved suppress written answers hust questions two grounds elicited violation miranda arizona involuntary hearing prosecution stipulated answers used impeach petitioner took witness stand violation miranda thus became irrelevant oregon hass harris new york testimony briefs arguments counsel thereafter directed solely whether answers voluntarily given specifically ruled admissible impeachment purposes thus necessarily held mincey responses hust interrogation voluntary light holding mincey hospital statements voluntarily given unnecessary reach alternative contention use impermissible sufficiently inconsistent trial testimony nurse testified suppression hearing device used aid mincey respiration reserved critical patients moreover mincey apparently remained hospitalized almost month shooting according docket entries trial arraignment postponed several times still hospital arraigned november example two answers written mincey give money every body know every body mincey apparently believed questioned several different policemen hust alone although hust told mincey killed policeman later interrogation mincey indicated thought someone else reconstruction interrogation see supra hust stated asked mincey questions try identify one victims following ensued hust remember happened mincey remember somebody standing saying move nigger move floor beside bed hust remember shooting anyone firing gun mincey say without lawyer hust want lawyer talk longer however answer questions want still want talk mincey shook head affirmative manner hust else remember mincey going put head together many things remember like get apartment hust get apartment mincey police hust sell narcotics guy shot mincey mean give money hust yes mincey hust give sample mincey call sample hust small amount drug narcotic test mincey ca say without lawyer hust anyone say police narcs came apartment mincey let get together first see sure everything happened fast ca answer time think ca say sure questions clear present time hust shoot anyone mincey ca say see lawyer emphasis supplied addition statements quoted supra mincey wrote various times interrogation lot things clear thats time redo everything happened mind sure also wrote possible get lawyer finish talk direct right direction without lawyer might saw something thinking means something else another point wrote lets rap tomarrow face face ca give facts something happins know interrogation ended mincey made two requests lawyer boulden holman clewis texas haynes washington justice marshall justice brennan joins concurring join opinion holds petitioner rights fourth fourteenth amendments violated write today emphasize point illustrated instant case applies generally cases asked review fourth amendment issues arising state criminal convictions far clear granted certiorari solely resolve issue case resolved federal habeas corpus regard fourth amendment issue however little choice grant review decision stone powell precludes federal habeas consideration issues stone held state provided opportunity full fair litigation fourth amendment claim state prisoner may granted federal habeas corpus relief ground evidence obtained unconstitutional search seizure introduced trial footnotes omitted holding petitioner able present federal habeas fourth amendment claim today unanimously upholds additional responsibilities placed wake stone become apparent upon examination decisions arizona fourth amendment issue presented arizona created murder scene exception case state sample year later defendant case sought federal habeas corpus relief appeals ninth circuit ruled today exception upheld fourth amendment sample eyman arizona next gave plenary consideration issue prior decision stone apparently felt bound ninth circuit sample decision although found case distinguishable state duke arizona rendered decision instant case however took different approach decision issued nearly year stone merely noted ninth circuit disagreed arizona view validity exception thus created effective conflict us resolve cf rule certiorari granted left standing decision state highest question federal constitutional law resolved directly opposing way highest federal special responsibility state regardless view constitution correct one nonuniformity fourth amendment questions obviously undesirable unfair state prosecutors judges must make difficult determinations regarding evidence subject exclusion state criminal defendants prior stone powell need grant certiorari case since federal habeas remedy available defendant indeed prior stone petitioner probably even utilize federal habeas since arizona courts earlier time inclined follow federal constitutional pronouncements ninth circuit discussed stone eliminated habeas remedy regard fourth amendment violations thus allowing rulings diverge lower rulings issues placing correspondingly greater burden ensure uniform federal law fourth amendment area time stone brother brennan wrote institutional constraints totally preclude possibility adequately oversee whether state courts properly applied federal law dissenting opinion see constraints often faced hobson choice cases less national significance formerly left lower federal courts either deny certiorari thereby let stand divergent state federal decisions regard fourth amendment rights grant certiorari thereby add calendar many believe already overcrowded cases might better resolved elsewhere view problem others hope point reconsider wisdom stone powell mincey opinion arizona indicated one case sample duke involved exception state ex rel berger superior opinion latter case however provides explanation underlying facts cite either arizona ninth circuit decision sample thus way determine whether situation berger way comparable sample duke mincey way determine whether berger simply disregarded ninth circuit sample decision instead duke decided two weeks berger viewed sample distinguishable stone holding eased burden lower federal courts much stone majority might hoped since courts struggle meant opportunity full fair litigation fourth amendment claim see gates henderson ex rel petillo new jersey wainwright bill currently pending congress effect overruling stone powell sess see cong rec justice rehnquist concurring part dissenting part petitioner indicted murder assault three counts narcotics offenses convicted charges appeal arizona reversed narcotics convictions petition certiorari petitioner challenged introduction evidence material narcotics convictions seized lengthy warrantless search apartment petitioner also challenged voluntariness grounds introduction various statements made police relating murder charge granted certiorari today reverses arizona issues agree warrantless search justifiable grounds advanced arizona dissent holding mincey statements involuntary thus inadmissible join part opinion arizona recognized warrantless search petitioner apartment facts developed trial fit within usual exigent circumstances exception instead state arizona asks us adopt separate murder scene exception warrant requirement reasons stated opinion correctly rejects invitation write separately issue emphasize question evidence seized established fourth amendment standards left open arizona courts resolve remand ante much evidence introduced state trial apparently removed apartment day shooting app state brief suggests evidence example blood floor required immediate examination brief respondent question evidence lost destroyed removed warrant obtained ante otherwise required immediate search plain view considered remand arizona courts considering whether exigencies required search seizure particular evidence previous events within apartment ignored agree police entry arrest mincey followed shooting search victims justify later search apartment ante constitutionality particular search question reasonableness depends balance public interest individual right personal security free arbitrary interference law officers see terry ohio pennsylvania mimms held motor vehicle lawfully detained traffic violation police officers constitutionally order driver vehicle holding emphasized challenged intrusion occasioned initial stop vehicle admittedly justified order get car think additional intrusion described de minimis similarly instant case prior intrusions occasioned shooting police response thereto may legitimize search exigencies tamer circumstances might permit search ii part ii opinion advises arizona courts admissibility certain statements made mincey relevant murder charge mincey murder conviction reversed arizona certain retrial reach issue since addresses issue however must register disagreement conclusion trial mincey moved suppress involuntary certain statements made confined intensive care unit hours shooting acknowledges trial found unmistakable clarity statements voluntary ante arizona unanimously affirmed disagrees holds mincey statements product free rational choice therefore used way trial ante believe failed accord finding deference always found findings due also misapplied past precedents dissent notes ante past cases hold finding voluntariness fairly supported record conclusive federal rights townsend sain emphasis added instead cases require make independent determination undisputed facts stroble california emphasis added malinski new york well established purposes review determination trial judge jury ordinarily taken resolve evidentiary conflicts may entitled weight even respect ultimate conclusion crucial issue voluntariness haynes washington see lisenba california blackburn alabama deference particularly resolution evidentiary conflicts particularly apposite trial judge jury closest trial scene thus afforded best opportunity evaluate contradictory testimony haynes supra case however ignores entirely evidence voluntariness distinguishes away yet testimony discounting mincey seriously wounded laden medical equipment mincey certainly able move breathing tube mouth answer detective hust questions paper trial certainly required find imply mincey seriously painfully wounded man edge consciousness ante accurate conclude detective hust ceased interrogation intervals mincey lost consciousness received medical treatment interruption returned relentlessly task ibid arizona observed affirming trial finding voluntariness mincey nurse testified given mincey medication alert able understand officer questions said mincey moderate pain cooperative everyone interrogating officer also testified mincey appear influence drugs answers generally responsive questions openly concedes case none gross abuses led cases find confessions involuntary beatings truth serums ante neither case however defendant simply overborne mental coercion cf blackburn alabama supra davis north carolina greenwald wisconsin arizona observed testimony detective hust nurse graham neither mental physical force abuse used mincey promises made see app testimony detective hust testimony nurse graham according mincey testimony wanted help hust best tried answer question best recollection time going mincey claim felt compelled detective hust answer questions propounded cf greenwald supra standards enunciated previous cases think today goes far substituting judgment judgment trial highest state decided disputed issues differently good deal closer factual occurrences admittedly may abdicate duty decide questions constitutional law guise wholly remitting state courts function fact finding necessary ingredient process constitutional decision authorities previously cited likewise counsel us going extreme attempting extract cold record bits pieces evidence treat facts case believe trial entitled conclude notwithstanding mincey medical condition statements intensive care unit admissible fact might equally entitled reach opposite conclusion justify adopting opposite conclusion therefore dissent part ii opinion arizona also emphasized fact mincey able write answers legible fairly sensible fashion concedes mincey answers seem relatively responsive questions ante chooses ignore evidence ground reliability hust report uncertain ibid despite contrary impression given arizona opinion casts doubt testimony report detective hust thus left solely conclusion reliability various witnesses based record appeal mincey asked several points see lawyer also expressed willingness continue talking detective hust even without lawyer see ante notes since mincey statements used part prosecution case chief impeachment violation miranda arizona irrelevant see harris new york oregon hass