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Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364 (1964)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364 (1964)
Preston v. United States No. 163 Argued February 25, 1964 Decided March 23, 1964 376 U.S. 364
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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Petitioner and two companions, who had been seated for several hours in a parked car, were arrested by the police for vagrancy, searched for weapons, and taken to the police station. The officers had the car towed to a garage, and soon thereafter they went themselves to the garage and, for the first time, searched the car. Various articles found in the car were later turned over to federal authorities and used as evidence in a trial in federal court resulting in petitioner’s conviction of conspiracy to rob a federally insured bank.
Held: the evidence obtained in the search of the car without a warrant was inadmissible because, being too remote in time or place to be treated as incidental to the arrest, it failed to meet the test of reasonableness under the Fourth Amendment. Pp. 364-368.
305 F.2d 172 reversed and remanded.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364 (1964) in 376 U.S. 364 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KIAPH5DFB3INDQ1.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364 (1964), in 376 U.S. 364, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KIAPH5DFB3INDQ1.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Preston v. United States, 376 U.S. 364 (1964). cited in 1964, 376 U.S. 364. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KIAPH5DFB3INDQ1.
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