Supreme Court of the United States
Collins v. Virginia
May 29, 2018584 U.S. 586
Summary
The Court held that the automobile exception does not allow police to enter a home’s curtilage without a warrant to search a vehicle parked there, and therefore the warrantless search of the motorcycle was unconstitutional. The judgment of the Virginia Supreme Court was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.
Holding
- Whether the automobile exception permits a warrantless entry into a home’s curtilage to search a vehicle located there.. No. The automobile exception does not permit the warrantless entry of a home or its curtilage in order to search a vehicle therein.
- Whether the warrantless search of the motorcycle in the curtilage was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.. The warrantless search was unreasonable because it required an unlawful intrusion into the curtilage, which the automobile exception does not justify.
Docket 16-1027
Cited authorities
- 1 Stat. 43
- 83 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1181
- 98 Mich. L. Rev. 547
- 14 Am. U. L. Rev. 1
- 107 Harv. L. Rev. 757
- 83 Colum. L. Rev. 1365
- 89 Harv. L. Rev. 1
- 74 Ohio St. L.J. 559
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