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Facts. The Respondents were arrested by federal narcotics agents as they were lifting a footlocker into the trunk of a car. The agents confiscated the footlocker and moved the Respondents, footlocker, and car to the Federal Building in Boston.
"United States v. Chadwick." Oyez, www.oyez.org/cases/1976/75-1721. Accessed 23 Oct. 2024.
Facts. In United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1 (1977), federal agents observed suspicious activity involving a locked footlocker that was heavily laden and leaking talcum powder, a substance known to mask the odor of narcotics.
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Decided June 21, 1977. 433 U.S. 1. Syllabus. When respondents arrived by train in Boston from San Diego, they were arrested at their waiting automobile by federal narcotics agents, who had been alerted that respondents were possible drug traffickers.
Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1 (1977), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that, absent exigency, the warrantless search of double-locked luggage just placed in the trunk of a parked vehicle is a violation of the Fourth Amendment and not justified under the automobile exception.
Facts. Amtrak officials suspected that Gregory Machado and Bridget Leary (defendants) were traveling from California to Massachusetts with a footlocker full of marijuana. Federal agents greeted the train in Boston and used a police dog to confirm there were drugs in the footlocker.
