Full question:
Do police officers have to show a warrant before entering a house or let you know about the warrant?
- Category: Criminal
- Subcategory: Search and Seizure
- Date:
- State: Oklahoma
Answer:
No. To justify a "no-knock" entry, the police must have a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing their presence, under the particular circumstances, would be dangerous or futile, or that it would inhibit the effective investigation of the crime by, for example, allowing the destruction of evidence.
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