context: . Preventing the destruction of evidence may also justify dispensing with Fourth Amendment requirements in other contexts.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 384 U.S. 757, 770-771
citation_a.parenthetical: warrantless testing for blood-alcohol content was justified based on potential destruction of evidence
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Richards v. Wisconsin, 520 U.S. 385, 395-396, 117 S. Ct. 1416, 137 L. Ed. 2d 615 (1997) (failure to comply with the knock-and-announce requirement was justified because “the circumstances . . . show[ed] that the officers had a reasonable suspicion that [a suspect] might destroy evidence if given further opportunity to do so’’); Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 770-771, 86 S. Ct. 1826, 16 L. Ed. 2d 908 (1966) (warrantless testing for blood-alcohol content was justified based on potential destruction of evidence); cf. United States v. Banks, 540 U.S. 31, 37-40, 124 S. Ct. 521, 157 L. Ed. 2d 343 (2003) (15 to 20 seconds was a reasonable time for officers to wait after knocking and announcing their presence where there was a risk that suspect would dispose of cocaine).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 540 U.S. 31, 37-40
citation_b.parenthetical: 15 to 20 seconds was a reasonable time for officers to wait after knocking and announcing their presence where there was a risk that suspect would dispose of cocaine
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Richards v. Wisconsin, 520 U.S. 385, 395-396, 117 S. Ct. 1416, 137 L. Ed. 2d 615 (1997) (failure to comply with the knock-and-announce requirement was justified because “the circumstances . . . show[ed] that the officers had a reasonable suspicion that [a suspect] might destroy evidence if given further opportunity to do so’’); Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 770-771, 86 S. Ct. 1826, 16 L. Ed. 2d 908 (1966) (warrantless testing for blood-alcohol content was justified based on potential destruction of evidence); cf. United States v. Banks, 540 U.S. 31, 37-40, 124 S. Ct. 521, 157 L. Ed. 2d 343 (2003) (15 to 20 seconds was a reasonable time for officers to wait after knocking and announcing their presence where there was a risk that suspect would dispose of cocaine).