ANDRESEN v. MARYLAND

No. 74-1646.

427 U.S. 463 (1976)

ANDRESEN v. MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Andresen, petitioner, pro se, argued the cause and filed a brief.

Jon F. Oster, Deputy Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Clarence W. Sharp and Gilbert Rosenthal, Assistant Attorneys General.

Deputy Solicitor General Randolph argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance. On the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Deputy Solicitor General Frey, Stuart A. Smith, and Edward R. Korman.


MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the issue whether the introduction into evidence of a person's business records, seized during a search of his offices, violates the Fifth Amendment's command that "[n]o person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." We also must determine whether the particular searches and seizures here were "unreasonable" and thus violated the prohibition of the Fourth...

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