State v. Bost

Defendants in these consolidated cases contend that the police 1 failed to comply with the requirements of Oregon’s “knock-and-announce” statute, ORS 133.575(2), 2 when entering premises to execute a search warrant. For that reason, defendants demand suppression of the evidence seized during the ensuing searches. The trial court and a divided Court of Appeals agreed with defendants. We conclude that the police did not violate ORS 133.575(2) in this case. We, therefore, reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand the case to the trial court to consider state and federal…