Colorado v. Bannister

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Colorado v. Bannister
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 20, 1980
Full case name	Colorado v. Bannister
Citations	449 U.S. 1 (more) 101 S. Ct. 42; 66 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 151
Case history
Prior	People v. Bannister, 607 P.2d 987 (Colo. 1980)
Subsequent	On remand, People v. Bannister, 619 P.2d 71 (Colo. 1980)
Holding
It does not violate the Fourth Amendment for a police officer to seize otherwise innocent-appearing objects in plain view when the officer has probable cause to believe that the objects are evidence or proceeds of a crime.
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 opinion
Per curiam
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Colorado v. Bannister, 449 U.S. 1 (1980), is a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the automobile exception to constitutional protections against searches and seizures.^[1]