Payton v. New York
Significance, Warrant Required For Entry Of A Home, A Common Law Rule, Impact, Further Readings
Appellants
Theodore Payton, Obie Riddick
Appellee
State of New York
Appellants' Claim
That a New York statute authorizing police to enter a home without a warrant to make an arrest violates the Fourth Amendment.
Chief Lawyer for Appellants
William E. Hellerstein
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Peter L. Zimroth
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart
Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
15 April 1980
Decision
That the Fourth Amendment prohibits police from making a warrantless entry into a person's home in order to make a routine arrest, and thus New York's statute was unconstitutional.
Related Cases
- Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886).
- Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443 (1971).
- United States v. Watson, 423 U.S. 411 (1976).
- Michigan v. Summers, 452 U.S. 692 (1981).
- Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740 (1984).
- Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 (1990).
- New York v. Harris, 495 U.S. 14 (1990).
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