Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Bonner, United States of America v. James Turner
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 1, 1989No. 88-3042, 88-3043PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.
Dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge WALD.
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to determine whether Metropolitan Police Department officers, in executing a search warrant, complied with the federal “knock and announce” statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3109 (1982). That statute provides in pertinent part:
The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house ... *823to execute a search warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance....
Id.
I
The search at issue was supported by a warrant, the validity…
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