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Cooper v. California, 386 U.S. 58 (1967)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Cooper v. California, 386 U.S. 58 (1967)
Cooper v. California No. 103 Argued December 8, 1966 Decided February 20, 1967 386 U.S. 58
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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Petitioner was convicted of a narcotics violation in a California state court partly through evidence which the police seized in a warrantless search of his car a week after his arrest. Pending forfeiture proceedings, the car had been impounded "as evidence" pursuant to a statutory provision for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles used in violation of the narcotics laws. The state appellate court, in a decision which the supreme court declined to review, held the search and seizure unconstitutional under Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364, but held the evidentiary error harmless under the State Constitution’s harmless error provision.
Held: Under the circumstances of this case, the police did not violate the Fourth Amendment by making a search, closely related to the reason petitioner was arrested, of a car which they validly held for use as evidence in a forfeiture proceeding. Preston, supra, distinguished. Pp. 59-62.
234 Cal.App.2d 587, 44 Cal.Rptr. 483, affirmed.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Cooper v. California, 386 U.S. 58 (1967), in 386 U.S. 58, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BJ6XHS12EACCKXM.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Cooper v. California, 386 U.S. 58 (1967). cited in 1967, 386 U.S. 58. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BJ6XHS12EACCKXM.
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