Carroll v. United States

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Carroll v. United States
ArgueDate=March 14
ArgueYear=1924
DecideDate=March 2
DecideYear=1925
FullName=George Carroll, John Kiro v. United States
USVol=267
USPage=132
Citation=45 S. Ct. 280; 69 L.Ed. 543; 39 A. L. R. 790
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Holding=The warrantless search of a car does not violate the Constitution. The mobility of the automobile makes it impracticable to get a search warrant.
SCOTUS=1923-1925
Majority=Taft
JoinMajority=Holmes, Van Devanter, Brandeis, Butler, Sanford
Concurrence=McKenna
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Dissent=McReynolds
JoinDissent=Sutherland
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LawsApplied=Fourth Amendment, National Prohibition Act

"Carroll v. United States", 267 U.S. 132 (1925), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which upheld the warrantless search of a car, noting that probable cause existed and the mobility of the automobile made it impracticable to get a search warrant.

This warrantless search of an automobile is known as the automobile exception. The decision rested on the distinction between stationary structures and movable objects/vehicles. Not only is an automobile movable while stationary structures are not, there is also less of an expectation of privacy in automobiles. This case has been used to increase the scope of warrantless searches.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 267
*"Boyd v. United States", ussc|116|616|1886
*"Weeks v. United States", ussc|232|383|1914
*"United States v. Chadwick", ussc|433|1|1977

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Schrader |first=G. D. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1980 |month= |title=Warrantless Vehicle Stop and Search |journal=Alabama Lawyer |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=365–386 |issn=0002-4287 |url= |accessdate= |quote=

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./267/132/ Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 (1925)] (opinion full text).