Latraverse v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• stating that “[t]he fact that the officers had probable cause to believe that the occupants possessed cocaine, a substance that is easily and quickly removed down a toilet is additional, justification for the shorter wait before entry”
• where police knocked at 9:30 p.m. and waited for five to ten seconds before battering down the door, it would have been a futile gesture to state their purpose because their mere presence in an area where drugs are being stored for sale indicates their purpose