Wolf v. Colorado 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
Presented by: Bryan Ramirez
$1.25
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Vol XCIII, No. 311
Issue:
The questions is whether the state is allowed to have illegally obtained evidence admissible in trial, and whether it is a violation of the fourteenth amendment.
Facts:
Julius Wolf
Opinion of the Court
Decision: 6 to 3
- 1940's and Abortion
- 4th Amendment
- 14th Amendment
- Weeks v United States (1914)
- Writ of Cert
- Exclusionary Rule
Procedural History:
& Palko v Connecticut
Rules Applied:
- Selective incorporation
- Exclusionary Rule v. 4th Amendment
- Silver Platter Doctrine
The exclusionary rule is not “an essential ingredient” of the amendment”, as some states do not use it to restrain police misconduct...therefore civil remedies, such as "the internal discipline of the police, under the eyes of an alert public opinion," are suffice.
- Justice Felix Frankfurter
Works Cited
Conclusion
338 U.S. 25
Application of Law
- Minimal Standard (Justice Black)
- Dual System: State vs Federal
- Probable Cause: Factual guilt vs Legal guilt
- Elkins v United States (1960)
Desky, R. M. (1950). Wolf V. Colorado and Unreasonable Search and Seizure in California. California Law Review, (3). 498.
Epstein, L., & Walker, T. (2013). Constitutional law for a changing America (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press.
Lewis, T. T. (2014). Wolf v. Colorado. Salem Press Encyclopedia,
Reuters, Thomson (2015) WOLF V. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLO. , 338 U.S. 25 (1949). FindLaw:U.S. Supreme Court. Retrieved from http://laws.findlaw.com/us/338/25.html
Robert M. Desky, Wolf v. Colorado and Unreasonable Search and Seizure in California, 38 Cal. L. Rev. 498 (1950). Available at: http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/californialawreview/vol38/iss3/5