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So What If the Police Knock Down Your Door!

By Ron Chapman

          Florida statute section 933.09--sometimes called Florida's version of the so-called knock-and-announce rule--states that a police officer "may break open any outer door, inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house or anything therein, to execute [a] warrant, if after due notice of the officer's authority and purpose he or she is refused admittance to said house or access to anything therein."  But what if the police do not give you "due notice?"   What if they do not first knock on your door and announce their presence before breaking your door down and entering your home with guns drawn?           Before the United States Supreme Court's decision in Hudson v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on August 17, 2008 (boomark / email).