Belton v. Pilvax Printing Corp.

How later courts describe this case

• holding that factual basis must present "a sufficient commitment by the child to tell the truth on pain of some kind of punishment, so that ... the failure to administer the oath formally [does] not, in the circumstances, constitute reversible error."
• subjecting the complainant to the ordeal of criminal trial by allegedly falsifying evidence and coercing perjured testimony
• defendant who abandons or disclaims ownership of a suitcase has no legitimate expectation of privacy in that suitcase or its contents and, therefore, cannot challenge a search of that suitcase
• defendant who abandons or disclaims ownership of a suitcase can entertain no legitimate expectation of privacy in that suitcase or its contents and, therefore, cannot challenge a search of that suitcase
• disclaimer of luggage during airport boarding search constituted abandonment
• falsifying evidence and coercing perjured testimony