- Maryland v. Garrison
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Maryland v. Garrison
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued November 5, 1986
Decided February 24, 1987Full case name Maryland v. Garrison Holding Where police reasonably believed their warrant was valid during a search, execution of the warrant does not violate respondent's Fourth Amendment rights. Court membership Chief Justice
William RehnquistAssociate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · John P. Stevens
Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin ScaliaCase opinions Majority Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, White, Powell, O'Connor, Scalia Dissent Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall Maryland v. Garrison, 480 U.S. 79 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and the extent of discretion given to police officers acting in good faith. The court held that where police reasonably believe their warrant was valid during a search, execution of the warrant does not violate respondent's Fourth Amendment rights.
Contents
Facts
Police were executing a warrant that said the ‘3rd floor apartment’ intending to search McWebbs apartment, when the police went upstairs they searched the 3rd floor and found drugs and cash. The police, then discovered that the 3rd floor was actually divided into 2 apartments. Up to that point none of the police had realized there were 2 distinct apartments. Garrison brought a 4th Amendment claim because they did not have a warrant to search his apartment, but rather they had a warrant to search McWebbs apartment, and Garrison wanted to use the 4th Amendment to suppress the drug evidence.
Opinion
The Court finds that because the warrant allowed for investigation of the 3rd floor, the officers reasonably relied on the warrant to carry out the search. Therefore the evidence is allowed, and Garrison is not allowed to invoke the 4th Amendment protection.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
Further reading
- Childress, D. R. (1988). "Maryland v. Garrison: Extending the Good Faith Exception to Warrantless Searches". Baylor Law Review 40: 151. ISSN 0005-7274.
- Ricciardelli, G. N. (1988). "Stretching the Good Faith Exception beyond Its Constitutional Limits: Maryland v. Garrison". New England Law Review 23: 853. ISSN 0028-4823.
External links
Categories:- United States Supreme Court cases
- United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court
- United States Fourth Amendment case law
- 1987 in United States case law
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