169 W. Va. 772 - State v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
August 2015
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York v. Belton · United States v. Chadwick · Arkansas v. Sanders · Robbins v. California · 165 W. Va. 588 - State v. Clawson
Most-quoted passages
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“Searches conducted outside the judicial process, without prior approval by judge or magistrate, are per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment and Article III, Section 6 of the West Virginia Constitution — subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions. The exceptions are jealously and carefully drawn, and there must be a showing by those who seek exemption that the exigencies of the situation made that course imperative.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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