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Colorado Vs. Bertine

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 14, 1987

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  1. Cady Vs. Dombrowski US Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1973
  2. United States Vs. Martinez-fuerte US Supreme Court · Jul 06, 1976
  3. Delaware Vs. Prouse US Supreme Court · Mar 27, 1979
  4. South Dakota Vs. Opperman US Supreme Court · Jul 06, 1976
  5. United States Vs. Chadwick US Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1977
  6. New York Vs. Belton US Supreme Court · Jul 01, 1981
  7. United States Vs. Griffin US Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1938
  8. United States Vs. Cooper US Supreme Court · Jan 24, 1887
  9. California Bankers Assn. Vs. Shultz US Supreme Court · Apr 01, 1974
  10. U.S. 367 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court Colorado v. Bertine
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  11. U.S. 367 (1987) Colorado v. Bertine
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  12. governing inventory searches of automobiles and of an arrestee's personal effects, as set forth in South Dakota v. Opperman
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  13. U. S. 364 , and Illinois v. Lafayette
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  14. of closed trunks and suitcases conducted solely for the purpose of investigating criminal conduct. United States v. Chadwick
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  15. U. S. 1 , and Arkansas v. Sanders
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  16. Supreme Court premised its ruling on the United States Constitution. The court recognized that, in South Dakota v. Opperman
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  17. we had held inventory searches of automobiles to be consistent with the Fourth Amendment, and that, in Illinois v. Lafayette
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  18. was also permissible under that Amendment. The Supreme Court of Colorado felt, however, that our decisions in Arkansas v. Sanders
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  19. U. S. 753 (1979), and United States v. Chadwick
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  20. Ibid. See also United States v. Chadwick
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  21. supra, at 433 U. S. 10 , n. 5. For these reasons, the Colorado Supreme Court's reliance on Arkansas v. Sanders
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  22. supra, and United States v. Chadwick
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  23. caretaking procedures designed to secure and protect vehicles and their contents within police custody. See Cooper v. California
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  24. Harris v. United
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  25. Lafayette, 462 U.S. at 462 U. S. 647 (emphasis in original). See Cady v. Dombrowski
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  26. in Page 479 U. S. 375 Opperman and Lafayette, and by analogy to our decision in United States v. Ross
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  27. Lafayette, supra, at 462 U. S. 648 (quoting New York v. Belton
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  28. Two justices dissented from the majority opinion, arguing that South Dakota v. Opperman
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  29. and Illinois v. Lafayette
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  30. Since our decision in South Dakota v. Opperman
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  31. police may inventory the contents of containers found in vehicles taken into police custody. See, e.g., United States v. Griffin
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  32. United States v. Bloomfield
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  33. People v. Braasch
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  34. People v. Gonzalez
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  35. Boggs v. Commonwealth
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  36. U.S. at 428 U. S. 371 (quoting United States v. Gravitt
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  37. that police officers are not vested with discretion to determine the scope of the inventory search. See South Dakota v. Opperman
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  38. be labeled an inventory -- was unreasonable and violated the Fourth Amendment. Unlike the inventories in South Dakota v. Opperman
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  39. U. S. 364 (1976), and Illinois v. Lafayette
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  40. U. S. 648 , 440 U. S. 661 (1979). See Almeida-Sanchez v. United
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  41. Camara v. Municipal
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  42. By allowing the police unfettered discretion, Boulder's discretionary scheme, like the random spot checks in Delaware v. Prouse
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  43. U.S. at 440 U. S. 662 . II In South Dakota v. Opperman
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  44. was arrested that suggests he was likely to be carrying weapons, explosives, or other dangerous items. Cf. Cady v. Dombrowski
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  45. containers to inventory the contents can only increase the risk. In the words of the District Court in United States v. Cooper
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  46. plausibly be argued that, in his absence, the police were entitled to act for his presumed benefit. See also Cady v. Dombrowski
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  47. Cooper v. California
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  48. U.S. at 428 U. S. 380 , and n. 7 (POWELL, J., concurring) (quoting California Bankers Assn. v. Shultz
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  49. to include containers in which the owner clearly has a reasonable expectation of privacy, the Court relies on Illinois v. Lafayette
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  50. clearly establish that he retained a reasonable expectation of privacy in the backpack and its contents. See Arkansas v. Sanders
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