Court Hears Case On Police Searches; Several Justices Seem to Side with Officers Who Tried to Get Attention of People at a Party

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court considered Monday whether police officers should have knocked to announce their presence when responding to complaints about a party so loud that authorities could not be heard shouting their presence.

Several justices seemed ready to side with four Brigham City, Utah, police officers who tried in vain to get the attention of people at a July 2001 party before entering the home without a warrant and screaming, "Police!"

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Court Hears Case On Police Searches; Several Justices Seem to Side with Officers Who Tried to Get Attention of People at a Party

The officers entered the home after they peeked through a window and saw a teenager, who was being restrained by four adults, throw a pu...

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