Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Hagar v. National Railroad Passenger

484 U.S. 954

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-11-16
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • admission into evidence of suspect's refusal to submit to breathalyzer test did not violate suspect's common law privilege against self-incrimination or suspect's due process rights under State Constitution
  • “[t]he Act provides that the speedy trial clock is tolled during the period of time after dismissal, when no charges are pending, and on the new indictment the clock resumes from the point at which it stopped when the original indictment was dismissed”
  • “Courts which have considered the agency question in the context of Fourth Amendment violations focus on two issues: (1) the extent of the involvement of the government, and (2) the purpose or purposes of the private citizen in conducting the search.”

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.