471 U.S. 386 105 S.Ct. 2066 85 L.Ed.2d 406 CALIFORNIA, Petitioner v. Charles R. CARNEY. No. 83-859. Argued Oct. 30, 1984. Decided May 13, 1985. HEADNOTES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – SEARCHES AND SEIZURES – Motor Home- Warrantless Search. Where (1) a law enforcement agent, who had information that respondent’s mobile motor home was being used […]
471 U.S. 1 105 S.Ct. 1694 85 L.Ed.2d 1 TENNESSEE, Appellant, v. Cleamtee GARNER, etc., et al. MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Petitioners, v. Cleamtee GARNER, etc., et al. Nos. 83-1035, 83-1070. Argued Oct. 30, 1984. Decided March 27, 1985. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] One-Sentence Takeaway:?An officer cannot use deadly force to prevent the escape of a […]
468 U.S. 897 104 S.Ct. 3405 82 L.Ed.2d 677 UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Alberto Antonio LEON et al. No. 82-1771. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 17, 1984. Decided July 5, 1984. Rehearing Denied Sept. 18, 1984. Syllabus Acting on the basis of information from a confidential informant, officers of the Burbank, Cal., […]
468 U.S. 517 468 U.S. 517 104 S.Ct. 3194 82 L.Ed.2d 393 Ted S. HUDSON, Petitionerv.Russell Thomas PALMER, Jr. Russell Thomas PALMER, Jr., Petitioner v. Ted S. HUDSON. Nos. 82-1630, 82-6695. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 7, 1983. Decided July 3, 1984. Syllabus Respondent, an inmate at a Virginia penal institution, filed […]
467 U.S. 649 467 U.S. 649 104 S.Ct. 2626 81 L.Ed.2d 550 NEW YORKv.Benjamin QUARLES. No. 82-1213. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 18, 1984. Decided June 12, 1984. Syllabus Respondent was charged in a New York state court with criminal possession of a weapon. The record showed that a woman approached two […]
466 U.S. 740 466 U.S. 740 104 S.Ct. 2091 80 L.Ed.2d 732 Edward G. WELSH, Petitionerv.WISCONSIN. No. 82-5466. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 5, 1983. Decided May 15, 1984. Syllabus On the night of April 24, 1978, a witness observed a car that was being driven erratically and that eventually swerved off […]
466 U.S. 170 104 S.Ct. 1735 80 L.Ed.2d 214 Ray E. OLIVER, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. MAINE, Petitioner v. Richard THORNTON. Nos. 82-15, 82-1273. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 9, 1983. Decided April 17, 1984. Counsel: Frank E. Haddad, Jr., Louisville, Ky., for petitioner in No. 82-15. Donna L. Zeegers, Augusta, Me., […]
466 U.S. 109 466 U.S. 109 104 S.Ct. 1652 80 L.Ed.2d 85 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Bradley Thomas JACOBSEN and Donna Marie Jacobsen. No. 82-1167. Argued Dec. 7, 1983. Decided April 2, 1984. Syllabus During their examination of a damaged package, consisting of a cardboard box wrapped in brown paper, the employees of a private freight carrier […]
460 U.S. 730 103 S.Ct. 1535 75 L.Ed.2d 502 TEXAS, Petitioner, v. Clifford James BROWN. No. 81-419. Argued Jan. 12, 1983. Decided April 19, 1983. Syllabus A Fort Worth, Tex., police officer stopped respondent’s automobile at night at a routine driver’s license checkpoint, asked him for his license, shined his flashlight into the car, and […]
456 U.S. 798 456 U.S. 798 102 S.Ct. 2157 72 L.Ed.2d 572 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Albert ROSS, Jr. No. 80-2209. Argued March 1, 1982. Decided June 1, 1982. Syllabus Acting on information from an informant that a described individual was selling narcotics kept in the trunk of a certain car parked at a specified location, District […]
453 U.S. 420 453 U.S. 420 101 S.Ct. 2841 69 L.Ed.2d 744 Jeffrey Richard ROBBINS, Petitioner,v.State of CALIFORNIA. No. 80-148. Argued April 27, 1981. Decided July 1, 1981. Rehearing Denied Sept. 23, 1981. See 453 U.S. 950, 102 S.Ct. 26. Syllabus When California Highway Patrol officer stopped petitioner’s station wagon for proceeding erratically, they smelled […]
453 U.S. 454 101 S.Ct. 2860 69 L.Ed.2d 768 State of NEW YORK, Petitioner, v. Roger BELTON. No. 80-328. Argued April 27, 1981. Decided July 1, 1981. Headnotes: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Automobile Search Incident to Arrest — Jacket Pockets. Search of respondent’s jacket was a search incident to a lawful custodial […]
446 U.S. 620 100 S.Ct. 1912 64 L.Ed.2d 559 UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. J. Lee HAVENS. No. 79-305. Argued March 19, 1980. Decided May 27, 1980. Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1980. See 448 U.S. 911, 101 S.Ct. 25. Syllabus After respondent and another man (McLeroth) arrived at the Miami Airport on a flight from Peru, […]
445 U.S. 573 445 U.S. 573 100 S.Ct. 1371 63 L.Ed.2d 639 Theodore PAYTON, Applicant,v.NEW YORK. Obie RIDDICK, Applicant, v. NEW YORK. Nos. 78-5420, 78-5421. Argued March 26, 1979. Reargued Oct. 9, 1979. Decided April 15, 1980. Syllabus These appeals challenge the constitutionality of New York statutes authorizing police officers to enter a private residence […]
500 U.S. 565 500 U.S. 565 111 S.Ct. 1982 114 L.Ed.2d 619 CALIFORNIA, Petitionerv.Charles Steven ACEVEDO. No. 89-1690. Argued Jan. 8, 1991. Decided May 30, 1991. Syllabus Police observed respondent Acevedo leave an apartment, known to contain marijuana, with a brown paper bag the size of marijuana packages they had seen earlier. He placed the […]
496 U.S. 444 496 U.S. 444 110 S.Ct. 2481 110 L.Ed.2d 412 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, et al., Petitionersv.Rick SITZ, et al. No. 88-1897. Argued Feb. 27, 1990. Decided June 14, 1990. Syllabus Petitioners, the Michigan State Police Department and its Director, established a highway sobriety checkpoint program with guidelines governing checkpoint operations, site […]
494 U.S. 325 494 U.S. 325 110 S.Ct. 1093 108 L.Ed.2d 276 MARYLAND, Petitionerv.Jerome Edward BUIE. No. 88-1369. Argued Dec. 4, 1989. Decided Feb. 28, 1990. Syllabus Following a Maryland armed robbery by two men, one of whom was wearing a red running suit, police obtained arrest warrants for respondent Buie and his suspected accomplice […]
514 U.S. 1 115 S.Ct. 1185 131 L.Ed.2d 34 ARIZONA, Petitioner, v. Isaac EVANS. No. 93-1660. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 7, 1994. Decided March 1, 1995. HEADNOTES: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Exclusionary Rule — Clerical Errors. Exclusionary rule does not require suppression of evidence seized in violation of […]
501 U.S. 429 111 S.Ct. 2382 115 L.Ed.2d 389 FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. Terrance BOSTICK. No. 89-1717. Argued Feb. 26, 1991. Decided June 20, 1991. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Random Searches — Bus encounter. Fourth Amendment permits police officers to approach individuals at random on a bus in order to ask them […]
528 U.S 119 120 S.Ct. 673 145 L.Ed.2d 570 ILLINOIS v. WARDLOW No. 98-1036. Argued November 2, 1999 Decided January 12, 2000 Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois Syllabus Respondent Wardlow fled upon seeing a caravan of police vehicles converge on an area of Chicago known for heavy narcotics trafficking. When Officers Nolan and […]