Clinton v. Virginia, 294

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Citation377 U.S. 158,84 S.Ct. 1186,12 L.Ed.2d 213
Docket NumberNo. 294,294
PartiesCatherine CLINTON v. VIRGINIA
Decision Date04 May 1964

377 U.S. 158
84 S.Ct. 1186
12 L.Ed.2d 213
Catherine CLINTON

v.

VIRGINIA.

No. 294.

Supreme Court of the United States

May 4, 1964

Calvin H. Childress, Norfolk, Va., for petitioner.

D. Gardiner Tyler, Richmond, Va., for respondent.

On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

PER CURIAM.

The motion to strike the supplemental brief on behalf of the respondent is denied. The judgment is reversed. Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505; Ker v. California, 374 U.S. 23.

Mr. Justice CLARK, concurring:

Since the Court finds that the 'spiked' mike used by the police officers penetrated petitioner's premises sufficiently to be an actual trespass thereof, I join in the judgment.

Mr. Justice WHITE dissents.

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  • State v. Tanner
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Oregon
    • November 17, 1987
    ...distinctions such as that between Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129, 62 S.Ct. 993, 86 L.Ed. 1322 (1942), and Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d 213 (1964): In Goldman, the Court held that use of an electronic amplifying device placed against a party wall to ea......
  • United States v. Perez, No. CR76-346.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 6th Circuit. United States District Court of Northern District of Ohio
    • April 21, 1977
    ...11 L.Ed.2d 171 (1963); Stoner v. California, 376 U.S. 483, 486-490, fns. 4, 5, 84 S.Ct. 889, 11 L.Ed.2d 856 (1964); Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d 213 (1964); Lewis v. United States, 385 U.S. 206, 213, 87 S.Ct. 424, 17 L.Ed.2d 312 (Justice Brennan, concurring) ......
  • People v. Dunn
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court Appellate Division
    • March 16, 1990
    ...reasonably expect to remain private (see e.g., Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 88 S.Ct. 507, 19 L.Ed.2d 576; Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d Given defendant's heightened expectation of privacy in his home, I conclude that the dog sniff constituted a search ......
  • People v. Kaiser
    • United States
    • New York Court of Appeals
    • December 7, 1967
    ...infringes on no constitutional right--has been 'negated' by any subsequent decision. Indeed, as late as 1964 in Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d 213, the court adhered to the reasoning evolved in Olmstead. The court reversed a conviction obtained by the use of ea......
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32 cases
  • People v. Dunn
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court Appellate Division
    • March 16, 1990
    ...reasonably expect to remain private (see e.g., Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 88 S.Ct. 507, 19 L.Ed.2d 576; Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d Given defendant's heightened expectation of privacy in his home, I conclude that the dog sniff constituted a search ......
  • State v. Cartwright
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Oregon
    • September 28, 1966
    ...505, 81 S.Ct. 679, 5 L.Ed.2d 734 (1961); Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963); Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d 213 (1964); as has the distinction based on whether the speaker intended his conversation to be confined within ......
  • People v. Grossman
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (New York)
    • February 28, 1965
    ...state of facts, only last term, the Court in a per curiam opinion reversed a Virginia judgment of conviction. (Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d [45 Misc.2d 563] In Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441, no 'eavesdropping' was involv......
  • State v. Tanner
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of Oregon
    • November 17, 1987
    ...distinctions such as that between Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129, 62 S.Ct. 993, 86 L.Ed. 1322 (1942), and Clinton v. Virginia, 377 U.S. 158, 84 S.Ct. 1186, 12 L.Ed.2d 213 (1964): In Goldman, the Court held that use of an electronic amplifying device placed against a party wall to ea......
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