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Williams Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 05, 1971

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  15. Williams v. United
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  16. States - 401 U.S. 646 (1971) U.S. Supreme Court Williams v. United
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  17. States, 401 U.S. 646 (1971) Williams v. United
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  18. arrest was introduced into evidence. The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the intervening decision in Chimel v. California
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  19. Constitution does not require that pre- Chimel searches be measured by the new Chimel standards, Desist v. United
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  20. MR. JUSTICE STEWART, and MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN join. The principal question in these cases is whether Chimel v. California
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  21. a 10-year prison term. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Williams v. United
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  22. that our intervening decision in Chimel v. California
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  23. and (2) that the search was valid under pre- Chimel law evidenced by United States v. Rabinowitz
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  24. U. S. 56 (1950), and Harris v. United
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  25. the arrest was invalid. Both the arrest and the incident search were upheld at trial and on direct appeal, Elkanich v. United
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  26. Chimel is not retroactive and is not applicable to searches conducted prior to the decision in that case. Desist v. United
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  27. States, 394 U. S. 244 (1969). In Linkletter v. Walker
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  28. U. S. 618 (1965), we declined to give complete retroactive effect to the exclusionary rule of Mapp v. Ohio
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  29. In these situations, the new doctrine raises no question about the guilt of defendants convicted in prior trials. Mapp v. Ohio
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  30. it from criminal trials to deter official invasions of individual privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment. Katz v. United
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  31. States, 389 U. S. 347 (1967), overruled Olmstead v. United
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  32. States, 277 U. S. 438 (1928), and Goldman Page 401 U. S. 654 v. United
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  33. benefit of Chimel. We are also unmoved by the argument that, since the petitioners in cases like Mapp, Duncan v. Louisiana
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  34. set aside. Surely this is the tail wagging the dog. The argument was fairly met and adequately disposed of in Stovall v. Denno
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  35. While joining the plurality opinion, MR. JUSTICE STEWART would also affirm the judgment in No. 82, Elkanich v. United
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  36. See Harris v. Nelson
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  37. Kaufman v. United
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  38. U. S. 54 (concurring opinion). MR. JUSTICE BLACK, while adhering to his opinion in Linkletter v. Walker
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  39. U. S. 618 , 381 U. S. 640 (1965), concurs in the result on the ground that he believes that Chimel v. California
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  40. Together with No. 82, Elkanich v. United
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  41. Appeals correctly rejected Williams' claim that his arrest was a pretext to make an otherwise invalid search. Williams v. United
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  42. Many of the cases are discussed in the majority and dissenting opinions in Desist v. United
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  43. rejecting the distinction between cases pending on direct review and those on collateral attack, the Court in Johnson v. New
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  44. Desist v. United
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  45. Arsenault v. Massachusetts
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  46. U. S. 5 (1968) (giving retroactive effect to the right to counsel provided in White v. Maryland
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  47. U. S. 2 (1968) (giving retroactive effect to the right to counsel provided in Mempa v. Rhay
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  48. U. S. 314 (1969) (giving retroactive effect to Barber v. Page
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  49. U. S. 293 (1968) (giving retroactive effect to Bruton v. United
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  50. with trustworthy results than does the exclusionary rule designed to enforce the Fourth Amendment. See Tehan v. Shott
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