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Coolidge vs. New Hampshire
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Coolidge vs. New Hampshire
Facts
Majority Opinion
Why did it go to the Supreme Court?
Coolidge argued that a warrantless search of his house and car violated the 4th amendment when there was no house warrant and the automobile warrant was issued by the Attorney General
After the murder of a 14 year old girl, the New Hampshire Attorney General took charge of police activities relating to the murder. When the police applied for a warrant to search suspect Edward Coolidge's car, the Attorney General, acting as a justice of the peace, authorized it. Local police had also taken items from Coolidge's home during the course of an interview with his wife. Coolidge was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The court held that the searches and seizures of Coolidge's property were unconstitutional. Coolidge won with 5 votes for him and 4 votes against him.
Dissenting Opinion
How It Affects Us
The 4th amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
It was believed by some of the court that the searches and seizures were reasonable and that the 4th amendment, when properly construed, contains no such exclusionary rule.