STATE v. EASON

No. 98-2595-CR.

245 Wis.2d 206 (2001)

2001 WI 98

629 N.W.2d 625

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. Rayshun D. EASON, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner the cause was argued by Stephen W. Kleinmaier, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Suzanne Hagopian, assistant state public defender.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Howard B. Eisenberg, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

This case concerns a no-knock search warrant that authorized police officers to enter an apartment without knocking on the door and announcing their presence. When the police officers executed the search warrant, they found Defendant-Respondent Rayshun D. Eason (Eason) running down a hallway toward the kitchen. After apprehending him, they found a baggie of crack cocaine in the hallway through which Eason had run. The State charged...

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