Citation: Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. ___ (2011)

Parties

Kentucky, Petitioner, for Plaintiff, v. Hollis Deshaun King, Defendant

Facts

Police officers in Lexington, Kentucky, set up a controlled sale of crack cocaine outside the apartment complex of a suspected drug dealer. This was next to the apartment complex where the defendant, Hollis King, lived. This controlled sale involved a suspect and transaction entirely unrelated to King. After the sale, an observing police officer radioed to other nearby officers to move in on the suspect. He stated that the suspect was moving toward the entryway of an apartment building. As the police officers arrived at the entryway, they heard one of the rear apartment doors shut but could not see which door the suspect entered. The police officers...