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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Dressler
Richards v. Wisconsin
Citation:
520 U.S. 385, 117 S.Ct. 1416, 137 L.Ed.2d 615Facts
On December 31, 1991, police executed a search warrant for the motel room of the defendant for drugs and related paraphernalia. The search warrant was the culmination of an investigation that had uncovered substantial evidence that the defendant was one of several individuals dealing drugs out of hotel rooms. They did not knock and announce prior to their entry. They kicked in the door and drugs were seized.
The defendant made a motion to suppress the evidence obtained from the search on the ground that the officers had failed to knock and announce their presence prior to forcing entry into the room. The trial court denied the motion. The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed, concluding that police in Wisconsin do not need specific information about dangerousness, or the possible destruction of drugs in a particular case, in order to dispense with the knock-and-announce requirement in felony drug cases.
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