Ybarra v. Illinois | |
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Argued October 9, 1979 Decided November 28, 1979 | |
Full case name | Ventura Ybarra v. State of Illinois |
Citations | 444 U.S. 85 (more) 100 S. Ct.338; 62 L. Ed. 2d 238 |
Case history | |
Prior | 58 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 | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stewart, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens |
Dissent | Burger, joined by Blackmun, Rehnquist |
Dissent | Rehnquist, 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.