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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I appreciate the clarification. So... once probable cause was removed, the police officer would be required to immediately leave, or would the initial probably cause be grounds for a continued search and continued presence in the home?
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I'm not an expert in this area, but my understanding is that once once it was determined that he wasn't a perpetrator the police would have no right to be present in the home. I'm not sure about how immediate the departure has to be, but I would think any undue delay would be unconstitutional. Once an exception to the warrant requirement is removed a warrant would be required to continue a search, unless of course there was another exception that they slipped into. There's no search issue here though, so it's pretty much a non-issue.