Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Oklahoma v. Castleberry

471 U.S. 146

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-04-01
Topic
general

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  • tip contained detailed description of suspect's person and clothing, as well as exact address
  • 4-4 decision upholding lower court’s reversal on the ground that search of suitcases in a car was not justified incident to an arrest when defendants were restrained at the time and there was no danger of them procuring a weapon or destroying evidence

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471 U.S. 146 (1985)

OKLAHOMA
v.
CASTLEBERRY ET AL.

No. 83-2126.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued March 20, 1985 Decided April 1, 1985 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA

David W. Lee, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Michael C. Turpen, Attorney General, and Hugh A. Manning, Assistant Attorney General.

Charles Foster Cox argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.[*]

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

JUSTICE POWELL took no part in the decision of this case.

NOTES

[*] Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of California by John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci, Assistant Attorney General, and Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., and Ronald E. Niver, Deputy Attorneys General; and for Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al. by Fred E. Inbau, Wayne W. Schmidt, James P. Manak, David Crump, and Daniel B. Hales.