context: In Hider I we rejected Hider's challenge to the unannounced entry into his studio, holding that there is no "knock and announce" requirement in Maine and "no prohibition against forcible entry if the circumstances warrant it." The court in Wilson held that the common law "knock and announce" principle forms a part of the Fourth Amendment reasonableness inquiry.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 625 A.2d 299, 300
citation_a.parenthetical: new constitutional rules of criminal procedure will not be applicable to those cases which have become final before the new rules are announced
citation_a.sentence: See Thompson v. State, 625 A.2d 299, 300 (Me. 1993) (new constitutional rules of criminal procedure will not be applicable to those cases which have become final before the new rules are announced); see also State v. Bouchles, 457 A.2d 798, 801 (Me.1983) (modifications of search and seizure rules are applied to pending cases).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 457 A.2d 798, 801
citation_b.parenthetical: modifications of search and seizure rules are applied to pending cases
citation_b.sentence: See Thompson v. State, 625 A.2d 299, 300 (Me. 1993) (new constitutional rules of criminal procedure will not be applicable to those cases which have become final before the new rules are announced); see also State v. Bouchles, 457 A.2d 798, 801 (Me.1983) (modifications of search and seizure rules are applied to pending cases).