Payton v. New York

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Payton v. New York is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment generally prohibits police from making warrantless, nonconsensual entries into a suspect’s home to make a routine felony arrest.

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instanceOf Fourth Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
appliesTo routine felony arrests ⓘ
arguedDate 1979-10-09 ⓘ
bindingOn federal courts in the United States ⓘ
state courts in the United States ⓘ
challengedStatute New York statute authorizing warrantless home entries to make felony arrests ⓘ
citation 445 U.S. 573 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedIn October Term 1979 ⓘ
decisionDate 1980-04-15 ⓘ
decisionType constitutional ruling ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
effect limited police authority to enter homes without warrants ⓘ
strengthened privacy protections in the home ⓘ
exceptionRecognized exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement ⓘ
fullCaseName The People of the State of New York v. Theodore Payton ⓘ
linked to: Payton v. New York
held A suspect’s home receives special protection under the Fourth Amendment ⓘ
Absent exigent circumstances, police must obtain an arrest warrant to enter a suspect’s home to arrest him ⓘ
The Fourth Amendment prohibits the police from making a warrantless and nonconsensual entry into a suspect’s home to make a routine felony arrest ⓘ
joinedByInDissent Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.
joinedByInMajority Justice Byron White ⓘ
linked to: Byron R. White

Justice Harry Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun

Justice Potter Stewart ⓘ
linked to: Potter Stewart

Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall

Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ
linked to: John Paul Stevens
originatedFrom New York state criminal prosecutions ⓘ
party State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State

Theodore Payton ⓘ
precedentFor later Fourth Amendment home-entry cases ⓘ
reasoningIncludes physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed ⓘ
warrantless home entries for routine arrests are presumptively unreasonable ⓘ
relatedConcept home as the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed ⓘ
topic arrest in the home ⓘ
exigent circumstances ⓘ
search and seizure ⓘ
warrant requirement ⓘ
yearDecided 1980 ⓘ

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Warren Burger Court → notableCase → Payton v. New York ⓘ
Payton v. New York → fullCaseName → The People of the State of New York v. Theodore Payton ⓘ
linked to: Payton v. New York