Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Scott v. United States
98 S. Ct. 3127
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-06-26
- Topic
- general
police motive irrelevant in determination of whether a search or seizure is reasonable because an objective standard is employed | victim was decoyed and robbed at gunpoint, then struck on the head with a hammer, shot with a pistol, jabbed with the cutting point of a shovel, and buried alive while pleading for his life | victim was decoyed and robbed at gunpoint, then struck on the head with a hammer, shot with a pistol, jabbed with the cutting point of a shovel, and buried alive while pleading for his life | victim was decoyed and robbed at gunpoint, then struck on the head with a hammer, shot with a pistol, jabbed with the cutting point of a shovel, and buried alive while pleading for his life
Citator
- Cited by
- 41 opinions
436 U. S. 929; and
436 U. S. 930. Petitions for rehearing denied.