useless gesture exception

useless-gesture exception. Criminal procedure. An exception to the knock-and-announce rule by which police are excused from having to announce their purpose before entering the premises to execute a warrant when it is evident from the circumstances that the authority and purpose of the police are known to those inside. See KNOCK-AND-ANNOUNCE RULE. [Cases: Searches and Seizures 54, 143.

1. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures §§ 64–65, 195–201.]

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译员海燕，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与破产对抗诉讼有关的法律文件。