GA: Knock-and-announce applies to a business search

In a search of a medical clinic with a search warrant, officers entered and fanned out through the premises with one officer presenting the search warrant to the receptionist. The knock-and-announce statute applies to any possible use of force, including opening doors, and that question wasn’t answered by the trial court. Exigency also would be an exception, and that, too, was not decided. Therefore, remand to settle these questions is required. Hourin v. State, 2017 Ga. LEXIS 711 (Aug. 28, 2017).

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