The Supreme Court considered Monday whether police officers should have knocked to announce their presence when responding to complaints about a party so loud that authorities could not be heard shouting their presence. A decision in the case could be significant if the justices want to set a standard police should use to enter homes without warrants during emergencies. But the justices showed little desire to use "the party case," as Justice Stephen Breyer called it, to set such an important requirement.
April 25, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court considered Monday whether police officers should have knocked to announce their presence when responding to complaints about a party so loud that authorities could not be heard shouting their presence.
Several justices seemed ready to side with four Brigham City, Utah, police officers who tried in vain to get the attention of people at a July 2001 party before entering the home without a warrant and screaming, “Police!”
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