4th Amendment Violation

By: Derek Hawkins//June 13, 2018//

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United States Supreme Court

Case Name: Collins v. Virgina

Case No.: 16-1027

Focus: 4th Amendment Violation

This case presents the question whether the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer, uninvited and without a warrant, to enter the curtilage of a home in order to search a vehicle parked therein. It does not.

Reversed and Remanded

Dissenting: ALITO, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Concurring: THOMAS, J., filed a concurring opinion.

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