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FLIPPO v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 98-8770.

528 U.S. 11 (1999)

120 S.Ct. 7

145 L.Ed.2d 16

FLIPPO v. WEST VIRGINIA

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 18, 1999.

Per Curiam.

Petitioner's motion to suppress evidence seized in a warrantless search of a "homicide crime scene" was denied on the ground that the police were entitled to make a thorough search of any crime scene and the objects found there. Because the rule applied directly conflicts with Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385 (1978), we reverse.

One night in 1996, petitioner...

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