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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 25 September Term, 2003 ______________________________________________ STATE OF MARYLAND v. KEVIN POWERS CARROLL ______________________________________________ Bell, C.J. *Eldridge Raker Wilner Cathell Harrell Battaglia, JJ.

Opinion by Bell, C.J.

Filed: October 21, 2004 *Eldridge, J., now retired, participated in the hearing and conf erence of this case w hile an activ e member of this Court; after being recalled pursuant to the Constitution, Article IV, S ection 3A , he also particip ated in the decision and adoption fo this opinion.

In Carroll v. Sta te, 149 Md. App. 598, 817 A.2d 927 (2003), the Court of Special Appea ls held that the failure of police officers in that case to knock-and-announce their presence prior to executing a search and seizure warrant was unreasonable. We granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari, State v. Carro ll, 374 Md. 582, 824 A.2d 58 (2003), to decide the correctness of that ruling. The respondent, Kevin Powers Carroll, was arrested and charged with possessing a regulated firearm after having been convicted of a "felony crime of violence," as proscribed by Md. Code (1957, 19 96 Rep l. Vol.), Article 2 7,

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