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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Judges: Hablan, Stewart, Burger, Ii-D, Douglas, Brennan, Marshall, Harlan, Black, Burgee, Blackmun, White

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