PEOPLE v. STEVENS

Docket No. 110866, Calendar No. 4.

597 N.W.2d 53 (1999)

460 Mich. 626

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Eugene Charles STEVENS, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, Detroit, for the people.

Robert F. Mitchell, Detroit, for the defendant-appellant.


Opinion

BRICKLEY, J.

We granted leave in this case to determine whether the Fourth Amendment requires the exclusion of evidence obtained under a valid search warrant, and during a search of proper scope, because of a violation of the "knock and announce" principles.1 If the Fourth Amendment does not require exclusion, then we must also determine whether evidence obtained after...

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