Cleveland Board of Education Et Al. v. Reed Et Al.

How later courts describe this case

• warrantless entry upheld where officers first began surveillance having good cause to believe that they would need to wait only a few minutes before defendant exited from private residence
• government does not have to accept stipulation of prior felony conviction which is element of charged crime
• court may not compel government to accept stipulation in lieu of evidence on an element of an offense
• Rehnquist J. (joined by Powell, J. & Burger, C.J.), dissenting from denial of certiorari
• government not required to accept stipulation