United States v. Clarence Pennington

How courts have described this case

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• noting that an occupant who runs away from the door when police knock is acting suspiciously
• noting that an occupant who runs away from the door when police knock is acting suspiciously
• noting that an occupant who runs away from the door when police knock is acting suspiciously
• noting that the testimony of the knocking officer that he heard footsteps inside a home supported a finding that officers’ entry into the home was reasonable, even though six to seven Memphis police officers were present to execute the search warrant
• noting that the “sound of footsteps, indicating someone running away from the front door . . . would indicate to a reasonable officer that . . . the person inside the home was taking some type of evasive action, including the possible destruction of contraband”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).