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Chimel v. California
Chimel v. California
Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 27, 1969 Decided June 23, 1969 Full case name Citations Ted Chimel v. State of California 395 U.S. 752 [1] (more)
89 S. Ct. 2034; 23 L. Ed. 2d 685; 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1166 Prior history Subsequent history Argument Certiorari to the Supreme Court of California. 68 Cal. 2d 436, 439 P.2d 333, reversed. Oral argument Holding An arresting officer may search only the area "within the immediate control" of the person arrested, meaning the area from which he might gain possession of a weapon or destructible evidence. Any other search of the surrounding area requires a search warrant. Court membership Case opinions Majority Concurrence Dissent Stewart, joined by Warren, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall Harlan White, joined by Black Laws applied U.S. Const. amend. IV U.S. Const. amend. XIV [2]
Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752 (1969)citation, is a Supreme Court of the United States case handed down in 1969. In the case, the Court held that police officers arresting a person in his or her home could not search the entire home without a search warrant, although they can search the area within immediate reach of the person. The rule relating to searches incident to a lawful arrest established in this case is known as the Chimel rule. The young Deputy Attorney General who unsuccessfully argued the State of California's position before the high court was Ronald M. George, who would ultimately retire as Chief Justice of California.
Chimel v. California
Issue
Could the warrantless search of Chimel's entire house be constitutionally justified as incident to his arrest?
References
[1] https:/ / supreme. justia. com/ us/ 395/ 752/ case. html [2] http:/ / www. oyez. org/ cases/ 1960-1969/ 1968/ 1968_770/ argument/ [3] Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752 (http:/ / supreme. justia. com/ us/ 395/ 752/ case. html), p. 768 (U.S. Sup. Ct.).
External links
Text of Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752 (1969) is available from: Justia (http://supreme.justia.com/us/395/ 752/case.html) Findlaw (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US& vol=395&page=752) Resource.org (http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/395/395.US.752.770. html) Search Incident to Arrest (http://supreme.justia.com/constitution/amendment-04/14-search-incident-to-arrest. html), US Supreme Court Center, Justia.com.
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