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Ybarra v. Illinois, No. 78-5937 (U.S. Supreme Court) (444 U.S. 85; 100 S.Ct. 338) (November 28, 1979) (Justice Stewart)

In this case, the Supreme Court held that an Illinois statute that authorized law enforcement officers to detain and search any person found on premises being searched pursuant to a search warrant violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, on the facts there presented. The police had obtained a warrant to ...

 

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