{"id":65170,"date":"2026-11-12T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65170"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:25:32","slug":"oh12-officers-violation-of-knock-and-announce-statute-justifies-suppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65170","title":{"rendered":"OH12: Officer&#8217;s violation of knock-and-announce statute justifies suppression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Ohio, knock-and-announce is a statutory mandate, and the officer\u2019s failure to comply shown on body cam justifies exclusion, despite Hudson. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.ohio.gov\/rod\/docs\/pdf\/12\/2026\/2026-Ohio-4424.pdf\">State v. Robinson<\/a>, 2026-Ohio-4424 (12th Dist. Nov. 9, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaintiff\u2019s Franks challenge to a housing inspection warrant fails. Even taking the disputed information out, there was probable cause. AB Realty, LLC v. Lane, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 34111 (8th Cir. Nov. 6, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s stop was for following too close, which the court credited, and then the officer smelled marijuana which defendant admitted he had. United States v. Zermeno, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 34150 (10th Cir. Nov. 6, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affidavit here showed probable cause that defendant was high in a nationwide DTO. The omitted information didn\u2019t warrant a Franks hearing. United States v. Earl, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 255148 (N.D. Ga. Nov. 6, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ohio, knock-and-announce is a statutory mandate, and the officer\u2019s failure to comply shown on body cam justifies exclusion, despite Hudson. State v. Robinson, 2026-Ohio-4424 (12th Dist. Nov. 9, 2026). Plaintiff\u2019s Franks challenge to a housing inspection warrant fails. Even &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65170\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,56,51,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franks-doctrine","category-knock-and-announce","category-plain-view","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65171,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65170\/revisions\/65171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}