United States Second Circuit

In narcotics case, court denied motion to suppress based on violation of the "knock and announce" rule when police obtained entry by a ruse where they pretended to be gas company employees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/03/2004
• Published 06/03/2004

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge., Before:  JACOBS, SACK, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan J. Einhorn, New Haven, CT, for Defendant-Appellant., Everardo A. Rodriguez, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Battle, United States Attorney, of counsel), Rochester, NY, for Appellee.