Warden v. Hayden
| Warden v. Hayden | |
|---|---|
| Argued April 12, 1967 Decided May 29, 1967 | |
| Full case name | Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden |
| Citations | 387 U.S. 294 (more) 87 S. Ct. 1642; 18 L. Ed. 2d 782 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Defendant convicted; conviction reversed on appeal, Hayden v. Warden, 363 F.2d 647 (4th Cir. 1966); cert. granted, 385 U.S. 926 (1966). |
| Subsequent | Conviction upheld |
| Holding | |
| The distinction prohibiting seizure of items of only evidential value and allowing seizure of instrumentalities, fruits, or contraband is no longer accepted as being required by the Fourth Amendment | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Brennan, joined by Clark, Harlan, Stewart, White |
| Concurrence | Black |
| Concurrence | Fortas, joined by Warren |
| Dissent | Douglas |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. IV | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
| Gouled v. United States (1921) | |
Warden v. Hayden, 387 U.S. 294 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that 'mere evidence' may be seized and held as evidence in a trial, allowing such evidence obtained in a search to be used. This finding reversed previous Supreme Court decisions such as Boyd v. United States which had held that search warrants "may not be used as a means of gaining access to a man's house or office and papers solely for the purpose of making search to secure evidence to be used against him in a criminal or penal proceeding".