Davis v. United States (2011)

Davis v. United States

Argued March 21, 2011
Decided June 16, 2011
Full case name Willie Gene Davis v. United States
Docket nos. 09-11328
Citations

564 U.S. 229 (more)

131 S. Ct. 2419; 180 L. Ed. 2d 285
Argument Oral argument
Prior history United States v. Davis, No. 2:07-cr-0248-WKW, 2008 WL 1927377 (M.D. Ala. 2008) (denying motion to suppress), aff'd 598 F.3d 1259 (11th Cir. 2010), cert. granted 131 S. Ct. 502 (2010)
Holding
Searches conducted in objectively reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent are not subject to the exclusionary rule.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John G. Roberts
Case opinions
Majority Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Kagan
Concurrence Sotomayor
Dissent Breyer, joined by Ginsburg
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229 (2011), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States "[held] that searches conducted in objectively reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent are not subject to the exclusionary rule".[1]

References

  1. ↑ Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. ___, 131 S. Ct. 2419, 2423–24 (2011).


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