PEOPLE v. MURPHY

No. S125572.

36 Cal.Rptr.3d 125 (2005)

37 Cal.4th 490

123 P.3d 155

PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Mildred MURPHY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurel Nelson Smith, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Cotopaxi, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Quisteen S. Shum, Steven T. Oetting and Heather F. Crawford, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

We consider whether the circumstances in this case afforded sufficient exigency to justify a police entry to conduct a search of a residence without complying with the usual "knock-notice" rule, to prevent destruction of evidence. We conclude the "no-knock" entry was justified by the circumstances, which included (1) contemporaneous, ongoing illegal drug sales on the premises, raising the reasonable inference that more drugs were inside, (2) the officers...

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