Carroll v. United States (1957)

Carroll v. United States, 354 U.S. 394 (1957),[1] was a case dealing with the appealability of a suppression order issued by the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia for an unlawful warrant under the Fourth Amendment.

In February 1957, officers arrested Carroll and Stewart on John Doe arrest warrants for violations of local lottery laws.

During the detainment, officers conducted a Search Incident to Arrest and seized evidence from their person.

They petitioned the District Court for suppression of the evidence on grounds that the warrants were null and void due to the lack of the Constitutionally required probable cause under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S.

In a unanimous 9-0 opinion written by Justice Warren, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the Court of Appeals, stating that: 𝐼𝑑 𝑖𝑠 π‘Žπ‘₯π‘–π‘œπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘, π‘Žπ‘  π‘Ž π‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ β„Žπ‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ π‘Žπ‘  𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑙 π‘Žπ‘  π‘‘π‘œπ‘π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘›π‘’, π‘‘β„Žπ‘Žπ‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑒π‘₯𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 π‘œπ‘“ π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’ π‘—π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘› 𝑖𝑛 π‘Ž 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 π‘“π‘’π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘™ π‘π‘œπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘‘ π‘œπ‘£π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘Ž 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑦𝑝𝑒 π‘œπ‘“ π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘’ 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑 π‘’π‘π‘œπ‘› π‘Žπ‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘‘π‘¦ 𝑒π‘₯π‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ π‘ π‘™π‘¦ π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘“π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ 𝑏𝑦 π‘ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘‘π‘’.