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The Rule Of Announcement And Unlawful Entry: Miller V. United States And Ker V. California, G. Robert Blakey Professor
The Rule Of Announcement And Unlawful Entry: Miller V. United States And Ker V. California, G. Robert Blakey Professor
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Mr. Justice Frankfurter, in his classic dissent in United States v. Rabinowitz, pointed out that "the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people." Few cases decided by the Supreme Court since Rabinowitz have better illustrated that observation than Miller v. United States and Ker v. California. This Article will consider the problems posed in the administration of federal criminal justice by the "liberty forged" in these two decisions.
Until the Miller decision in 1958, the Supreme Court had never squarely considered and decided a question of announcement and unlawful entry. It is therefore …