In what circumstances will police officers be permitted to damage property when they execute a search warrant at the wrong house?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from West v. City of Caldwell, 931 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2019):
In Liston , officers damaged property when they executed a search warrant at the wrong house; the man for whom they were searching had sold the house and a different family had moved in. We noted expressly that "officers executing a search warrant occasionally must damage property in order to perform their duty. " 120 F.3d at 979 (quoting Dalia v. United States , 441 U.S. 238, 258, 99 S.Ct. 1682, 60 L.Ed.2d 177 (1979) ). Thus, we remanded
[931 F.3d 987]
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