Commonwealth v. Woodson

By Judge Donald W. Lemons

This matter is before the Court on defendant’s Motion to Suppress evidence consisting of cocaine and a rifle obtained in the search of the premises at 1406-A Jennie Scher Road pursuant to a validly issued search warrant. The defendant, Kendall Woodson does not attack the validity of the warrant itself; rather, he maintains that , the failure of the police to knock and announce their presence before executing the warrant and entering the premises violates his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 10, of the Virginia…