39 Cited authorities

  1. Whren v. United States

    517 U.S. 806 (1996)   Cited 8,596 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, upon observing traffic violation, officer may stop vehicle regardless of his subjective motivations, "as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action"
  2. Terry v. Ohio

    392 U.S. 1 (1968)   Cited 38,142 times   73 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity may conduct a brief investigative stop
  3. Chimel v. California

    395 U.S. 752 (1969)   Cited 5,658 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, absent a search warrant, there is "no . . . justification" for searching an area not within a suspect's immediate control during an arrest
  4. Mapp v. Ohio

    367 U.S. 643 (1961)   Cited 8,289 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment applies to the States, and overruling the contrary rule of Wolf v. Colorado , 338 U.S. 25, 69 S.Ct. 1359, 93 L.Ed. 1782, after considering and rejecting "the current validity of the factual grounds upon which Wolf was based"
  5. United States v. Robinson

    414 U.S. 218 (1973)   Cited 3,358 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that law enforcement officers are authorized to conduct a full search of every lawful custodial arrestee
  6. Rawlings v. Kentucky

    448 U.S. 98 (1980)   Cited 2,283 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant could not benefit from the unconstitutional search of another person's purse
  7. Sibron v. New York

    392 U.S. 40 (1968)   Cited 3,591 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that appeal from conviction after service of sentence not moot if there may be collateral consequences
  8. Knowles v. Iowa

    525 U.S. 113 (1998)   Cited 864 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when an officer cited a driver for speeding, the need to find evidence did not justify a search of a car because the officer had already obtained all the evidence necessary to prosecute the offense and no more evidence would be found in the car
  9. Elkins v. United States

    364 U.S. 206 (1960)   Cited 2,060 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the imperative of judicial integrity" requires illegally gathered evidence to be suppressed
  10. Preston v. United States

    376 U.S. 364 (1964)   Cited 1,498 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding warrantless search illegal where "there was no danger that any of the men arrested could have used any weapons in the car"
  11. Section 470.05 - Determination of appeals; general criteria

    N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 470.05   Cited 14,277 times
    Providing that a question of law is presented when "a protest thereto was registered, by the party claiming error, at the time of such ruling . . . or at any subsequent time when the court had an opportunity of effectively changing the same."