Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Scott v. United States

438 U.S. 908

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1978-06-26
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • 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

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436 U. S. 930. Petitions for rehearing denied.