MINCEY v. ARIZONA

No. 77-5353.

437 U.S. 385 (1978)

MINCEY v. ARIZONA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Oseran argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Frederick S. Klein.

Galen H. Wilkes, Assistant Attorney General of Arizona, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Bruce E. Babbitt, Attorney General, Philip G. Urry, Assistant Attorney General, and William J. Schafer III.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the afternoon of October 28, 1974, undercover police officer Barry Headricks of the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad knocked on the door of an apartment in Tucson, Ariz., occupied by the petitioner, Rufus Mincey. Earlier in the day, Officer Headricks had allegedly arranged to purchase a quantity of heroin from Mincey and had left, ostensibly to obtain money. On his return he was accompanied by nine other...

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