This nearly went the other way. But O'Connor retired, Bush appointed Alito, and it was re-argued. Cops have been ignoring the knock and announce rule ever since.

It's also the case in which Scalia argued that the Exclusionary Rule is no longer necessary because cops are so professional these days.
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Ah, yes, the vaunted “new professionalism”

Wonder how that’s goin’
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Mapp v. Ohio is not safe with these justices.
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