Legal Opinion
State v. Piller
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided April 28, 1981No. 2 CA-CR 2069PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.
Appellees were indicted on four counts of narcotics violations. The trial court granted their motion to suppress evidence seized at their residence pursuant to a search warrant. The state appeals the suppression order, presenting the following question:
“Did the trial court err in suppressing evidence due to a claimed violation of A.R.S. Sec. 13-3891, where officers executing warrants of arrest knocked and announced their purpose and authority, then due to the exigencies then present only waited five to ten seconds, received no response, although they heard…
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