Utah v. Strieff

Utah v. Strieff
Argued February 22, 2016
Decided June 20, 2016
Full case nameUtah, Petitioner v. Edward Joseph Strieff, Jr.
Docket no.14-1373
Citations579 U.S. 232 (more)
136 S. Ct. 2056; 195 L. Ed. 2d 400
ArgumentOral argument
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Case history
PriorOn writ of certiorari to the Utah Supreme Court
Proceduralaffirming evidence admission, 286 P.3d 317 (Utah Ct. App. 2012), reversing, 357 P.3d 532 (Utah 2015)
Holding
The evidence seized incident to arrest is admissible. The officer's discovery of a valid, pre-existing, and untainted arrest warrant attenuated the connection between the unconstitutional investigatory stop and the evidence seized incident to a lawful arrest.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Alito
DissentSotomayor, joined by Ginsburg (Parts I, II, and III)
DissentKagan, joined by Ginsburg
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Utah v. Strieff, 579 U.S. 232, 136 S. Ct. 2056 (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States limited the scope of the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule.[1]

  1. ^ Utah v. Strieff, No. 14–1373, 579 U.S. 232, 234-45, 239-43, 136 S. Ct. 2056, 2059-60, 2062-64 (2016).