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BECK v. OHIO

No. 18.

379 U.S. 89 (1964)

BECK v. OHIO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Willis argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Jay B. White.

William T. McKnight argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Edward V. Cain.

Bernard A. Berkman and Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal.

John T. Corrigan filed a brief for the County of Cuyahoga, Ohio, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the afternoon of November 10, 1961, the petitioner, William Beck, was driving his automobile in the vicinity of East 115th Street and Beulah Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland police officers accosted him, identified themselves, and ordered him to pull over to the curb. The officers possessed neither an arrest warrant nor a search warrant. Placing him under arrest...

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