Beck v. Ohio

Beck v. Ohio
Argued October 15, 1964
Decided November 23, 1964
Full case nameBeck v Ohio
Citations379 U.S. 89 (more)
85 S. Ct. 223; 13 L. Ed. 2d 142
Holding
No probable cause for petitioner's arrest having been shown, the arrest, and therefore necessarily the search for and seizure of the slips incident thereto, were invalid under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
MajorityStewart, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, White, Goldberg
DissentClark, joined by Black
DissentHarlan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89 (1964), is a United States Supreme Court decision concerning evidence obtained as part of an unlawful arrest. Reversing the Ohio Supreme Court's decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Ohio police arrested defendant without probable cause, so the criminally-punishable evidence found on his person during an incidental search was inadmissible. Accordingly, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated defendant's conviction.