Constitutional Law
Aug. 24, 2006
No Knock Doesn't Taint Evidence
A police officer failed to knock and announce himself before he walked into a Pittsburg home to arrest a juvenile drug dealer. Once, that would have broken the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A police officer failed to knock and announce himself before he walked into a Pittsburg home to arrest a juvenile drug dealer.
Once, that would have broken the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches. Any evidence seized would have been thrown out of court.
Not any more.
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