The cops show up. Nick asks to see a warrant (totally fair!). Cops show him the warrant. Nick, like the impetuous MAN BABY WILL ALL KNOW HIM TO BE throws the warrant on the ground because he probably realized it's valid, and he's been checkmated.
Then the cops demand the door code. Nick says no, and tells them they're gonna have to do a dynamic entry.
I wrote this yesterday so I'm just going to repost it because I think the points are still valid ...
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My reading of the probable cause
affidavit suggests the following possibility...
That Nick didn't see the warrant until after they busted down the door.
Main point:
The cops asked Nick for the door code when they pulled him over at the traffic stop, but before he got a copy of the warrant.
1. Cops arrive at house.
2. Rekieta gets pulled over nearby.
3. Cops ask minor to let them in. She refuses.
4. Cops ask Rekieta at the traffic stop for door code. He refuses.
5. Cops bust down the house door.
6. Cops drive traffic stop Rekieta to the house and show him the warrant.
7. Rekieta throws the warrant on the ground.
That is the story that I think is told by the probable cause affidavit and common sense.
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I don't think that we know for a fact whether or not Nick refused the door code
before or after seeing the search warrant.
The
affidavit is not clear on this point.
My read (and I think common sense suggests) that Nick only saw the search warrant
after they drove him back to the house from the traffic stop.
The cop that pulled him over might not have had a copy of the warrant. It might have been at the house.
Also that explains why Nick would throw the warrant on the ground
after seeing it for the first time, at his house, with the door busted in.
It also explains the refusal of the door code. (He hadn't yet seen the warrant when refusing to give the code at the traffic stop)
There is an alternative story, which is that Nick refused to give the code after seeing a copy of the warrant at the traffic stop. Then when he gets back to the house, he is given another second copy of the warrant, and throws that copy on the ground.
Which makes more sense?