Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1971-03-29

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Mr. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Whiteley, in 1965, was convicted in the District Court for the Second Judicial District of the State of Wyoming on charges of breaking and entering and being an habitual criminal. 1 Both at his arraignment and at trial Whiteley challenged the constitutionality of the use of evidence seized during a search incident t…

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