Ybarra v. Illinois

Ybarra v. Illinois
Argued October 9, 1979
Decided November 28, 1979
Full case nameVentura Ybarra v. State of Illinois
Citations444 U.S. 85 (more)
100 S. Ct.338; 62 L. Ed. 2d 238
Case history
Prior58 Ill. App. 3d 57, 373 N. E. 2d 1013
Holding
When a search warrant specifies the person or people named in the warrant to be searched and the things to be seized, there is no authority to search others not named in the warrant, unless the warrant specifically mentions that the unnamed parties are involved in criminal activity or exigent circumstances are clearly shown.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
MajorityStewart, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens
DissentBurger, joined by Blackmun, Rehnquist
DissentRehnquist, joined by Burger, Blackmun
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. IV, XIV

Ybarra v. Illinois was a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that a warrant can not be used to search an unnamed individual unless the warrant mentions that unnamed parties are involved or exigent circumstances are shown to exist.