Collins v. Virginia
| Collins v. Virginia | |
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| Argued January 9, 2018 Decided May 29, 2018 | |
| Full case name | Ray Austin Collins v. Virginia |
| Docket no. | 16-1027 |
| Citations | 584 U.S. (more) 138 S. Ct. 1663; 201 L. Ed. 2d 9 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Collins v. Commonwealth, 292 Va. 486, 790 S.E.2d 611 (2016); cert. granted, 138 S. Ct. 53 (2017). |
| Holding | |
| The Fourth Amendment's motor vehicle exception for a warrantless search based on reasonable cause does not apply to vehicles stored within a person's home or its curtilage. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch |
| Concurrence | Thomas |
| Dissent | Alito |
Collins v. Virginia, No. 16-1027, 584 U.S. ___ (2018), was a case before the Supreme Court of the United States involving search and seizure. At issue was whether the Fourth Amendment's motor vehicle exception permits a police officer uninvited and without a warrant to enter private property, approach a house, and search a vehicle parked a few feet from the house that is otherwise visible from off the property. In an 8–1 judgment, the Supreme Court ruled that the automobile exception does not apply to vehicles parked within the home or the curtilage of a private homeowner.