· 1/14/1981
United States v. Kane, Daniel Joseph
Citations
- 637 F.2d 974
- 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 21007
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- concluding that announcement is not required under § 3109 “when the individuals inside kn[o]w of the officers[’] identity and purpose, thereby making an announcement a ‘useless gesture.’” (emphasis added)
- officer’s knowledge that occupants were engaged in large-scale drug operation and had five guns in house sufficient to justify unannounced entry
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Judges: Higgin-Botham, Higginbotham, Meanor, Seitz
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