United States v. Thomas Dale Peterson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that futility as to only one occupant—not even the suspect—was sufficient to dispense with the knock-and-announce requirement
• holding that the futility exception applied when, just as a SWAT team was about to announce its presence, the defendant opened the door, saw the SWAT team, and attempted to deny them entry
• finding that a defendant waived his right to appeal a claim of excessive force during execution of a search warrant
• finding no-knock entry permissible because knock would have been futile, there was potential destruction of evidence, and danger to police officers
• finding no-knock entry permissible because knock would have been futile, there was potential destruction of evidence, and danger to police officers
• “The lawfulness of the team’s original plan is not relevant to our consideration; our role is to evaluate the events as they actually transpired.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).