context: This court previously determined that the circumstances under which a narcotics search warrant is executed implicate a unique risk to police officers, and opined that "[t]he fact that the premises were being searched under a warrant for heroin, a very dangerous drug, gave [the police officer] the knowledge that dangerous people, who commonly carried weapons, were involved."
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 571 S.W.2d 110, 112
citation_a.parenthetical: "Narcotics investigations are fraught with dangers and the officers had a right and duty to check [a person arriving on the premises] for weapons to protect themselves and others * * *."
citation_a.sentence: State v. Bitterman, 304 Minn. 481, 485, 232 N.W.2d 91, 94 (1975) (upholding a Terry search of a person who arrived at an apartment that was being searched for narcotics); see also Johantgen v. Com., 571 S.W.2d 110, 112 (Ky.Ct.App.1978) (“Narcotics investigations are fraught with dangers and the officers had a right and duty to check [a person arriving on the premises] for weapons to protect themselves and others * * *.”). The majority attempts to distinguish Bitterman by stating that somehow officers “knew” that the circumstances of that drug search were more dangerous than the circumstances here.
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 304 Minn. 481, 485
citation_b.parenthetical: upholding a Terry search of a person who arrived at an apartment that was being searched for narcotics
citation_b.sentence: State v. Bitterman, 304 Minn. 481, 485, 232 N.W.2d 91, 94 (1975) (upholding a Terry search of a person who arrived at an apartment that was being searched for narcotics); see also Johantgen v. Com., 571 S.W.2d 110, 112 (Ky.Ct.App.1978) (“Narcotics investigations are fraught with dangers and the officers had a right and duty to check [a person arriving on the premises] for weapons to protect themselves and others * * *.”). The majority attempts to distinguish Bitterman by stating that somehow officers “knew” that the circumstances of that drug search were more dangerous than the circumstances here.