Washington Supreme Court· 9/27/1984

State v. Myers

Citations

689 P.2d 38
102 Wash. 2d 548

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Washington knock and announce statute “is applicable not only when force is used to obtain entry, but whenever police enter without valid permission.”
allowing officers to gain entry to residence to execute valid search warrant by producing fictitious arrest warrant
argument that “entry obtained other than by informed consent of the occupant is a ‘breaking’ ... is not persuasive”
no Fourth Amendment violation where, in gaining access to execute narcotics search warrant, officers falsely claimed to have a traffic arrest warrant for defendant
warrant authorized the officers “to intrude upon the privacy of the home regardless of the occupant’s wishes and irrespective of his activity at the time of the intrusion”
“a ruse entry, especially when the deception is not realized until after the entry has been accomplished, actually promotes both the purpose of preventing violent confrontation between the officer and a surprised occupant and that of preventing unnecessary property damage”

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Judges: Pearson, Dimmick

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