Commonwealth v. Antwine

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that, as general rule, police “must knock, announce their identity, and state their purpose”
• holding that, as a general rule, the police “must knock, announce their identity, and state their purpose”
• if person already knows of police presence, knock and announce requirement is “useless gesture” excusing police from full compliance with rule
• discussing “useless gesture” exception to knock and announce rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).