context: But this is not a case where agents, having completed an investigation, and having planned elsewhere to effect an arrest and for no reason other than convenience, created exigent circumstances by going to the suspect's home without a warrant and announcing their presence.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 670 F.2d 1139, 1145
citation_a.parenthetical: where decision not to obtain a warrant during an earlier stage of an investigation was not unreasonable, existence of exigent circumstances determined at the time of warrantless entry
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. McEachin, 670 F.2d 1139, 1145 (D.C.Cir.1981) (where decision not to obtain a warrant during an earlier stage of an investigation was not unreasonable, existence of exigent circumstances determined at the time of warrantless entry).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 743 F.2d 1158, 1162
citation_b.parenthetical: officers met at local coffee shop to "assess the situation" before making warrantless home arrest
citation_b.sentence: Compare United States v. Morgan, 743 F.2d 1158, 1162 (6th Cir.1984) (officers met at local coffee shop to “assess the situation” before making warrantless home arrest); Segura, supra, 663 F.2d 411 (2d Cir.1981), aff'd on other grounds, 468 U.S. 796, 104 S.Ct. 3380, 82 L.Ed.2d 599 (1984) (warrantless entry for security check of apartment held unjustifiable where agents, despite the absence of reason to believe occupants of apartment were aware of investigation or that there was any urgent need to enter apartment, created their own exigent circumstances by knocking at door); United States v. Rosselli, 506 F.2d 627 (7th Cir.1974); United States v. Serna, 625 F.Supp. 548, 554-55 (S.D.N.Y.1985) (similiar facts to Segura). Given the state of the evidence on Cattouse’s involvement in the earlier buy and the absence of probable cause to believe a crime was committed in the afternoon until the second sale was actually consummated, I find the officer’s conduct in failing to obtain a warrant before the second buy was consummated reasonable.