No-Knock : The Announcement Rule in Cases of Police Forcible Entry To Execute a Search Warrant or Make an Arrest and Its Exceptions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arrest.

Judge-made law.

Searches and seizures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1979-1980.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Examines contemporary Federal and State judicial and legislative treatment of the announcement rule, which permits forcible entry to conduct an authorized search or arrest, provided the officer has announced his presence. Reviews exceptions to the rule, questions raised by the issuance of "no- knock" warrants, consequences of noncompliance, and announcement requirements listed by State.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. No-Knock

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