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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

How courts have described this case

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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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