Conray Carroll v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Mark Felts, Director, Arkansas Parole Board

How courts have described this case

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• holding that generally a decision by the Court construing the Fourth Amendment will apply retroactively to all convictions not yet final
• holding that new rules announcing a “clear break” with prior precedent were not to be applied retroactively to cases pending on direct review
• holding that law in effect at time of decision by appellate court is law that should be applied in criminal case on direct appeal
• holding that new rules announcing a \clear break\ with prior precedent were not to be applied retroactively to cases pending on direct review
• holding that a decision of the Supreme Court \construing the Fourth Amendment is to be applied retroactively to all convictions that were not yet final at the time the decision was rendered\
• holding that a decision of the Supreme Court “construing the Fourth Amendment is to be applied retroactively to all convictions that were not yet final at the time the decision was rendered”

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