Supreme Court· 6/21/1971
Coolidge v. New Hampshire
Citations
- 403 U.S. 443
- 91 S. Ct. 2022
- 29 L. Ed. 2d 564
- 1971 U.S. LEXIS 25
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- holding that a warrant issued by the state Attorney General who prosecuted the defendant was invalid
- holding that a warrant issued by the state Attorney General who prosecuted the defendant was invalid
- holding that the Fourth Amendment \requir[es] a `particular description' of the thing to be seized\
- holding that the Fourth Amendment \requir[es] a 'particular description’ of the thing to be seized\
- holding that, if private persons act wholly on their own initiative, evidence turned over to police is admissible
- holding that the government has the burden of proving an exception to the warrant requirement and discussing the search-incident-to-arrest exception, the automobile exception, and the plain-view-seizure exception
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