Eighth Circuit: United States v. Gabriel Sherrod



No clear error in court's holding that police officer's post-incident statement that he kept the door from closing, later described as a poor choice of words, really meant that he had walked in through an open door.

Knock and announce not required where a minor child resident being followed by the police walks into the house without closing the door, it's nighttime, and police have a felony arrest warrant for a resident whom they believe to be inside.

Obstruction sentencing bump is not an abuse of discretion where deft testifies that the police kicked the door, but the court can't discern it in the audio.

Below-guidelines statutory maximum sentence not substantively unreasonable.