Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Smith v. District Court of Oklahoma County
404 U.S. 819
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1971-10-12
- Topic
- labor-and-employment
How later courts describe this case
- finding that the Attorney General who assumed charge of the investigation and acted as Chief Prosecutor and who issued the warrant was not neutral
- federal grants to private colleges and universities for construction of facilities to be used for secular purposes
- “The exclusionary rules were fashioned ‘to prevent, not to repair,’ and their target is official misconduct.”
- "it is no part of the policy underlying the Fourth ... Amendment[] to discourage citizens from aiding to the utmost of their ability in the apprehension of criminals"
- warrant invalid if issued by state attorney general acting as justice of the peace
- production of husband's belongings by wife did not involve governmental action
- where search warrant was defective, Court considered warrant-less search exceptions
- discussing inclusion of the garage within the curtilage
Citator
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- Cited by
- 249 opinions
Motion for leave to file petition for writ of prohibition denied.