Ker v. California

This case raises séarch and seizure questions under the rule of Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U. S. 643 (1961). Petitioners, husband and wife, were convicted of possession of marijuana-in violation of § 11530 of the California Health and Safety Code. The California District Court of Appeal affirmed, 195 Cal. App. 2d 246, 15 Cal. Rptr. 767, despite the contention of petitioners that their arrests in their *25apartment without warrants lacked probable cause1 and the evidence seized .incident thereto and introduced at their trial was' therefore inadmissible.. The California Supreme Court denied without opinion…