Utah v. Strieff
2016 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Utah v. Strieff, 579 U.S. 232, 136 S. Ct. 2056 (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States limited the scope of the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule.[1]
Quick Facts Utah v. Strieff, Argued February 22, 2016 Decided June 20, 2016 ...
Utah v. Strieff | |
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Argued February 22, 2016 Decided June 20, 2016 | |
Full case name | Utah, Petitioner v. Edward Joseph Strieff, Jr. |
Docket no. | 14-1373 |
Citations | 579 U.S. 232 (more) |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | On writ of certiorari to the Utah Supreme Court |
Procedural | affirming evidence admission, 286 P.3d 317 (Utah Ct. App. 2012), reversing, 357 P.3d 532 (Utah 2015) |
Holding | |
The evidence seized incident to arrest is admissible. The officer's discovery of a valid, pre-existing, and untainted arrest warrant attenuated the connection between the unconstitutional investigatory stop and the evidence seized incident to a lawful arrest. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito |
Dissent | Sotomayor, joined by Ginsburg (Parts I, II, and III) |
Dissent | Kagan, joined by Ginsburg |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. IV |
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