Knock And Announce Rule - Law Dictionary Search Results
knock and announce rule
knock and announce rule : a rule of criminal procedure requiring that police announce their authority and purpose before entering a premises in execution of a search or arrest warrant unless special circumstances (as risk of harm to the police) warrant unannounced or forcible entry compare exigent circumstances no-knock search warrant at warrant ...
Knock-and-announce rule
Knock-and-announce rule, means the requirement that the police knock at the door and announce their identity, authority, and purpose before entering a residence to execute an arrest or search warrant. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 878....
exigent circumstances
exigent circumstances : circumstances that are of such urgency as to justify a warrantless entry, search, or seizure by police when a warrant would ordinarily be required compare knock and announce rule no-knock search warrant at warrant ...
useless gesture exception
useless gesture exception : an exception to the knock and announce rule that excuses police from having to announce their purpose before entering a premises in execution of a warrant if facts known to the officers justify them in being virtually certain that the occupant already knows their purpose ...
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