Supreme Court· 6/25/1973

Roaden v. Kentucky

Citations

413 U.S. 496
93 S. Ct. 2796
37 L. Ed. 2d 757
1973 U.S. LEXIS 31

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recognizing that “the probable cause for an arrest might justify the seizure of weapons, or other evidence or instruments of a crime, without a warrant”
recognizing that “the probable cause for an arrest might jus- tify the seizure of weapons, or other evidence or instruments of a crime, without a warrant”
holding that to fit within the destruction of evidence exigent circumstance exception, “police action literally must be [taken] ‘now or never’ to preserve the evidence of the crime”
holding that seizure of expressive materials in some instances requires additional safeguards
noting that heightened scrutiny was necessary where \the taking brought to an abrupt halt an orderly and presumptively legitimate distribution or exhibition\
noting that heightened scrutiny was necessary where “the taking brought to an abrupt halt an orderly and presumptively legitimate distribution or exhibition”

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Judges: Burger, White, Blacicmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Douglas

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