Smith v. District Court of Oklahoma County

How later courts describe this case

• finding that the Attorney General who assumed charge of the investigation and acted as Chief Prosecutor and who issued the warrant was not neutral
• federal grants to private colleges and universities for construction of facilities to be used for secular purposes
• “The exclusionary rules were fashioned ‘to prevent, not to repair,’ and their target is official misconduct.”
• "it is no part of the policy underlying the Fourth ... Amendment[] to discourage citizens from aiding to the utmost of their ability in the apprehension of criminals"
• warrant invalid if issued by state attorney general acting as justice of the peace
• production of husband's belongings by wife did not involve governmental action
• where search warrant was defective, Court considered warrant-less search exceptions
• discussing inclusion of the garage within the curtilage