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Entry To Arrest A Suspect In A Third Party's Home: Ninth Circuit Opens The Door—United States V. Underwood, 717 F.2d 482 (1983), Cert. Denied, 104 S. Ct. 1309 (1984), Sarah L. Klevit
Washington Law Review
This Note examines the Supreme Court's conflicting policies and how the Underwood court resolved them. To set a framework for analyzing the case, it discusses the Supreme Court's protection of privacy rights in the home and the Court's recent limitations on the standing doctrine. The Note reviews the facts and holding of Underwood, then illustrates both the problems with the court's reasoning and those created by its decision to uphold the search. Finally, this Note suggests that the Ninth Circuit's approach in Underwood was wrong and proposes, instead, a two-step test for analyzing similar search and seizure cases. Not only …
Informants' Tips And Probable Cause: The Demise Of Aguilar-Spinelli—Illinois V. Gates, 103 S. Ct. 2317 (1983), Laura J. Buckland
Informants' Tips And Probable Cause: The Demise Of Aguilar-Spinelli—Illinois V. Gates, 103 S. Ct. 2317 (1983), Laura J. Buckland
Washington Law Review
The Supreme Court was expected to announce a decision in Illinois v. Gates modifying the exclusionary rule to include a "good-faith" exception. "[W]ith apologies to all," however, the Court declined to rule on that issue. The Supreme Court instead abandoned the Aguilar-Spinelli test for assessing probable cause based on information derived from informants. The Court replaced the Aguilar-Spinelli test with a "totality of the circumstances" approach, and upheld the search warrant in Gates. Gates is the first Supreme Court decision to specifically address the use of anonymous informants' tips as the probable cause basis for securing a search warrant. Gates …