STATE v. MASTRACCHIO

No. 97-619-C.A.

721 A.2d 844 (1998)

STATE v. Gelardo G. MASTRACCHIO, Sr.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annie Goldberg, Aaron L. Weisman, Providence, for plaintiff.

David N. Cicilline, Bristol, Dianne L. Izzo, N. Kingstown, for defendant.

Present: WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial justice erred in determining that state police officers did not violate the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights by failing to "knock and announce" before they entered the defendant's home to execute a search warrant. The defendant, Gelardo G. Mastracchio, Sr., appeals from judgments of conviction on three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver...

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