Walk It Through: The Knock at the Door
Officers on the porch with questions, then with a warrant, and what the warrant has to say.
Two officers knock and ask to come in and look around. They show no warrant.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A visit to a rented house by city officers. An emergency entry, a probation search, and a warrant for a person rather than things are left out of this one.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.