United States v. Watson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1975-10-06

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Mr. Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents questions under the Fourth Amendment as to the legality of a warrantless arrest and of an ensuing search of the arrestee’s automobile carried out with his purported consent. I The relevant events began on August 17, 1972, when an informant, one Khoury, telephoned a postal inspector informing him t…

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