Commonwealth v. Ceriani

How courts have described this case

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

• holding use of ruse to induce occupant to open door does not obviate requirement of announcing purpose and identity and allowing occupants opportunity to surrender premises peaceably
• holding use of ruse to induce occupant to open door does not obviate requirement of announcing purpose and identity and allowing occupants opportunity to surrender premises peaceably
• omission of an informant’s prior record and possible drug addiction was not fatal, because the affidavit would have provided probable cause even if this information had been included
• knock and announce rule violated where police failed to wait a reasonable time before pushing a child in order to gain entry to the residence
• suppressing evidence where entry by ruse was accompanied by force
• suppressing evidence where entry by ruse was accompanied by force

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).