State v. Vargas

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

{1} This case presents an opportunity to clarify the requirements of the knock-and-announce rule. We hold that the announcement component of the knock-and-announce rule requires officers executing an arrest warrant to inform the occupants of a residence that the officers are proceeding pursuant to a warrant. We further hold that unless and until officers have announced that they are executing a warrant, an occupant’s refusal to admit the officers into a residence does not automatically render futile further announcement of the officers’ purpose and authority nor does it…