Supreme Court· 10/6/1975

United States v. Watson

Citations

423 U.S. 411
96 S. Ct. 820
46 L. Ed. 2d 598
1976 U.S. LEXIS 121

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holding that the Fourth Amendment is not violated by a warrantless arrest made in a public place
holding that probable cause is sufficient for a public arrest to satisfy the Fourth Amendment
holding that an officer could arrest a suspect in a public place based upon probable cause even without exigent circumstances
holding that the defendant had not been coerced into consenting to a search, even though he had been arrested and was in police custody at the time
holding that a nonexigent warrantless arrest of an individual in a public place upon probable cause does not violate the Fourth Amendment
recognizing that a “strong presumption of constitutionality [is] due to an Act of Congress” (quoting United States v. Di Re, 332 U.S. 581, 585 (1948)

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

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