Evidence Allowed in No-Knock Raid; Court Says Rule Not a Protection
Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Evidence seized by police officers who have a warrant but fail to follow the "knock and announce" rule before entering a suspect's home is still admissible in court, a divided 5-4 Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said a long-established knock-and-announce rule never was intended to protect a person's right to prevent the government "from seeing or taking evidence described in a warrant."
Justice Scalia, noting that Detroit police admitted that they violated the rule in a drug raid, said that regardless of the "misstep," the officers would have seized the drugs and gun …
The rest of this article is only available to active members of Questia
Sign up now for a free, 1-day trial and receive full access to:
- Questia's entire collection
- Automatic bibliography creation
- More helpful research tools like notes, citations, and highlights
- Ad-free environment
Already a member? Log in now.
Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.com
Publication information:
Article title: Evidence Allowed in No-Knock Raid; Court Says Rule Not a Protection.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: The Washington Times (Washington, DC).
Publication date: June 16, 2006.
Page number: A06.
© 2009 The Washington Times LLC.
COPYRIGHT 2006 Gale Group.
This material is protected by copyright and, with the exception of fair use, may not be further copied, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means.
One moment ...
- Georgia
- Arial
- Times New Roman
- Verdana
- Courier/monospaced
Reset