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ADAMS v. WILLIAMS

No. 70-283.

407 U.S. 143 (1972)

ADAMS, WARDEN v. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Browne argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Edward F. Hennessey argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Petersen, and Beatrice Rosenberg for the United States; by Frank S. Hogan, pro se, Michael R. Juviler, and Herman Kaufman for the District Attorney of New York County; and by Frank G. Carrington, Jr., Alan S. Ganz, Wayne W. Schmidt, and Glen R. Murphy for Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Inc., et al.

Burt Neuborne and Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Robert Williams was convicted in a Connecticut state court of illegal possession of a handgun found during a "stop and frisk," as well as of possession of heroin that was found during a full search incident to his weapons arrest. After respondent's conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Connecticut, 157 Conn. 114, 249 A.2d 245 (1968), this Court denied...

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