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STATE v. RODRIGUEZ

943 A.2d 901 (2008)

399 N.J. Super. 192

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Hiram RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Ruth Bove Carlucci, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Hillary Horton, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, C.S. FISHER and C.L. MINIMAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FISHER, J.A.D.

In this appeal, we consider whether the police breached the "knock and announce" rule in executing a search warrant. We conclude that the police complied with the "reasonable wait time" standard set forth in United States v. Banks, 540 U.S. 31, 41, 124 S.Ct. 521, 528, 157 L.Ed.2d 343, 355 (2003), when they waited fifteen to twenty seconds after announcing...

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