Search and seizure – ‘No-knock’ warrant

Search and seizure – ‘No-knock’ warrant

Where two defendants have requested the suppression of evidence obtained pursuant to a “no-knock” warrant, their request should be denied because (1) a Malden detective’s affidavit sets out sufficient probable cause to believe that knocking and announcing their presence before executing the search warrant would have put police officers in danger and (2) any deficiency in the warrant does not warrant suppression.