UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

No. 30.

403 U.S. 573 (1971)

UNITED STATES v. HARRIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 28, 1971


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beatrice Rosenberg argued the cause for the United States. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Richard B. Stone, and Mervyn Hamburg.

Steven M. Umin, by appointment of the Court, 400 U.S. 955, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Frank G. Carrington, Jr., and Alan S. Ganz filed a brief for Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., as amicus curiae urging reversal.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN join, and in Part I of which MR. JUSTICE STEWART joins, and in Part III of which MR. JUSTICE WHITE joins.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider the recurring question of what showing is constitutionally necessary to satisfy a magistrate that there is a substantial basis for crediting the...

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