Legal Opinion
Herring v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 2009No. 07-513PublishedCited by 1,247 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
The Fourth Amendment forbids “unreasonable searches and seizures,” and this usually requires the police to have probable cause or a warrant before making an arrest. What *137if an officer reasonably believes there is an outstanding arrest warrant, but that belief turns out to be wrong because of a negligent bookkeeping error by another police employee? The parties here agree that the ensuing arrest is still a violation of the Fourth Amendment, but dispute whether contraband found during a search incident to that arrest must be excluded in a later prosecution.
Our cases establish that such…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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