Van Allen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding “no violation of the knock and announce rule occurs where law enforcement officers, reasonably believing premises to be unoccupied, ... intrude upon premises without announcing their authority and purpose.”
• \knock and announce is unnecessary `where the person within already knows of the officer's authority and purpose'\ (quoting Benefield, 160 So.2d at 710)
• “knock and announce is unnecessary “where the person within already knows of the officer’s authority and purpose’ ” (quoting Benefield, 160 So.2d at 710)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• District of Columbia v. Mancouso
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-08-02· cited 7×
• State v. Blest
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-04-08· cited 2×
• Ealey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-07-27· cited 2×
• State v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-05-12· cited 1×
• Soto v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-30· cited 1×
• McClain v. Crowder
  S.D. Florida· 1994-01-10
• In re Forfeiture of $71,511.53 in United States Currency
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-02-03
• State of Florida v. Keith Alexander Times
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-10

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Benefield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1964-02-12· cited 160×
• Accarino v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1949-11-07· cited 128×
• State v. Collier
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-12-19· cited 15×
• State v. Drowne
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-08-31· cited 10×
• Kistner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-06· cited 6×