United States Eighth Circuit

Officers' ten-second delay prior to entering home to execute a warrant was reasonable under the "knock and announce" rule; no error occurred in admitting expert's testimony implying defendant possessed a scale for the purposes of drug distribution, and error in refusing to allow defendant to call as a former drug dealer as an expert was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/05/2003
• Published 08/05/2003

Judges

• MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD and RILEY, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Raphael M. Scheetz, argued, Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel C. Tvedt, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., Cedar Rapids, IA, for appellee.