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Court sets high bar for search without warrant

PORTLAND — A warrantless search known as a “protective sweep” to ensure officer safety must meet the standard of an immediate threat of serious injury to police or others, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday.

In a divided opinion, the court threw out a warrantless search of a house in Southern....

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