2000 WI App 73 - State v. Eason’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “There is no information as to when and where those arrests took place, or whether they involved any violent acts — and, again, whether a conviction followed. The affidavit doesn't assert that either Bentley or Shannon Eason — or any of the other occupants of the apartment — were armed; it merely offers a general statement that drug-related crimes often involve weapons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Eason

2. “In order to justify a "no-knock" entry, the police must have a reasonable suspicion that knocking and announcing their presence, under the particular circumstances, would be dangerous or futile, or that it would inhibit the effective investigation of the crime by, for example, allowing the destruction of evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Davis

3. “it is equally reasonable to assume that the reason no conviction was uncovered by the officer drafting the affidavit was that Bentley may have been released as the 'wrong man.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Eason