When knocking on the door may cause serious issues related to executing a search warrant. The case below goes into great detail in explaining the illegal acts committed by Sharlene Wilson the petitioner and the executing of a search warrant without knocking upon entering ones dwelling.

In the case, Wilson v. Arkansas, Sharlene Wilson made a number of narcotic sales to an informant acting at the direction of Arkansas State Police between November and December 1992. The informant purchased marijuana and methamphetamines at the home where Sharlene Wilson shares with Bryson Jacobs. On December 30, the informant called Sharlene at her home to arrange to meet at a local store to by marijuana. Sharlene showed up with a semiautomatic pistol and