CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 175.

365 U.S. 610 (1961)

CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Sewell Elliott argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Robert S. Erdahl argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Wilkey, Beatrice Rosenberg and Kirby W. Patterson.


MR. JUSTICE WHITTAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Acting without a warrant but with the consent of the petitioner's landlord, Georgia law enforcement officers entered—through an unlocked window—and searched petitioner's rented house, in his absence, and there found and seized an unregistered "distillery" and 1,300 gallons of "mash." Soon afterward petitioner was indicted in the District Court for the...

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