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Chapman v. United States, 365 U.S. 610 (1961)
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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.
Chapman v. United States, 365 U.S. 610 (1961)
Chapman v. United States No. 175 Argued February 23, 1961 Decided April 3, 1961 365 U.S. 610
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATE COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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State police officers, acting without a warrant but with the consent of petitioner’s landlord, who had summoned them after detecting the odor of whiskey mash on the premises, entered petitioner’s rented house in his absence through an unlocked window and there found an unregistered still and a quantity of mash. When petitioner returned and entered the house, he was arrested by a state officer. Federal officers, also without warrants, arrived soon thereafter and took custody of petitioner, samples of the mash and the still. The evidence so seized was admitted over petitioner’s objection at his trial in a federal court, and he was convicted of violating the federal liquor laws.
Held: the search and seizure were unlawful, and the judgment affirming the conviction is reversed. Pp. 610-618.
272 F.2d 70, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Chapman v. United States, 365 U.S. 610 (1961) in 365 U.S. 610 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=F5EGPZEC2V86DFI.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Chapman v. United States, 365 U.S. 610 (1961), in 365 U.S. 610, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=F5EGPZEC2V86DFI.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Chapman v. United States, 365 U.S. 610 (1961). cited in 1961, 365 U.S. 610. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=F5EGPZEC2V86DFI.
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