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STATE v. SANCHEZ

2 CA-CR 1840.

128 Ariz. 547 (1980)

627 P.2d 698

The STATE of Arizona, Appellant, v. Gilbert Leonard SANCHEZ, and Tony Galaz Valenzuela, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1980.

Review Granted September 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Neely, Pima County Atty. by Barbara LaWall, Deputy County Atty., Tucson, for appellant.

Bertram Polis, Tucson, for appellees.

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Chief Judge.

The sole issue raised in this appeal is whether the "knock and announce" requirements of A.R.S. Sec. 13-3916(B) are violated when police officers, in executing a search warrant, cut a locked gate in a fenced residential front yard without announcing their identity and purpose.

Police officers received information from a citizen informant, who wished to remain anonymous, that a large quantity of marijuana was in a house...

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