People v. Murphy

Opinion

CHIN, J.

We consider whether the circumstances in this case afforded sufficient exigency to justify a police entry to conduct a search of a residence without complying with the usual “knock-notice” rule, to prevent destruction of evidence. We conclude the “no-knock” entry was justified by the circumstances, which included (1) contemporaneous, ongoing illegal drug sales on the premises, raising the reasonable inference that more drugs were inside, (2) the officers’ knowledge that defendant was on probation for a drug offense and had consented to a warrantless search of her premises, (3)…