Cupp v. Murphy

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1973-05-29

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*305 MR. Justice Brennan, dissenting in part. Without effecting an arrest, and without first seeking to obtain a search warrant from a magistrate, the police decided to scrape respondent’s fingernails for destructible evidence. In upholding this search, the Court engrafts another, albeit limited, exception on the warrant requirement. Before we take the ser…

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