That did not result in an illegal entry.
A later court decision unfortunately written by a guy steeped in Shariah Law, ignored that part and went on to simply rule that no one had a right to resist a police entry.
Instead of taking direct action and REMOVING the justices who signed onto that mistaken ruling from the Indiana supreme Court, the legislature has gotten itself all balled up on a non-existent question ~ to wit ~ that if cops make an illegal entry can a homeowner shoot them dead..
One of the reasons cops wear uniforms is so you know who they are and won't shoot them unless you want them to shoot back.
I am sure there's more than one legislator here who is asking himself what would happen if the cops make a legal entry and the homeowner thinks it's an illegal entry and he shoots at the cops, and they then shoot back at him, and so on and so forth until they are all dead ~ and the only question was why the guy's front door was unlocked and standing wide open at 3 AM like his house was being robbed.
This is like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin ~ and as meaningful.
Still, if cops with warrants arrive at homes where homeowners can judge whether or not an entry is lawful (by their own standards) I suspect many more warrants will be delivered by tactical units armed with automatic weapons ~
But they don't, do they.
Not the ones who execute these types or forced entries...
They wear black suits and ski masks!
Screw that. Uniformed officer gets my straight up respect and cooperation.
A man in a black suit and ski mask gets a magazine full of .45 hollow-points, or until he shoots me dead.