Wilson v. Arkansas
| Wilson v. Arkansas | |
|---|---|
| Argued March 28, 1995 Decided May 22, 1995 | |
| Full case name | Sharlene Wilson, Petitioner v. Arkansas |
| Citations | 514 U.S. 927 (more) 115 S. Ct. 1914; 131 L. Ed. 2d 976; 1995 U.S. LEXIS 3464; 63 U.S.L.W. 4456; 95 Cal. Daily Op. Service 3823; 95 Daily Journal DAR 6470; 9 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 67 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On writ of cert. to the Supreme Court of Arkansas |
| Holding | |
| "The "knock and announce" rule survives and must be considered when analyzing the constitutionality of a search. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Fourth Amendment | |
Wilson v. Arkansas, 514 U.S. 927 (1995), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court held that the traditional, common-law-derived "knock and announce" rule for executing search warrants must be incorporated into the "reasonableness" analysis of whether the actual execution of the warrant is/was justified under the 4th Amendment. The high court thus ruled that the old "knock and announce" rule while not a hard requirement, was also not a dead letter.