United States v. Johns

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United States v. Johns
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 28, 1984 Decided January 21, 1985
Full case name	United States v. Johns
Citations	469 U.S. 478 (more) 105 S. Ct. 881; 83 L. Ed. 2d 890; 53 U.S.L.W. 4126
Case history
Prior	Trial court reversed and remanded, 707 F.2d 1093 (9th Cir. 1983)
Holding
The odor of marijuana gave the officers probable cause, and the three day delay in conducting the search was not unreasonable.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

United States v. Johns, 469 U.S. 478 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court criminal law case holding that a three-day delay in searching a motor vehicle under government control did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.