Carroll Appeals His Conviction, 1922

That the trial court erred in admitting in evidence certain liquor, Exhibits A and B, over respondents’ objection that the same was obtained and used in evidence in violation of the rights of respondents and plaintiffs in error under the fourth and fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Carroll Appeals His Conviction 1922

With this Assignment of Errors, George Carroll appealed his conviction, claiming that the search of his car and seizure of contraband liquor was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court disagreed, however, and claimed that a warrantless search of moving vehicles does not violate the Fourth Amendment’s “unreasonable searches and seizures” clause.

National Archives, Records of the Supreme Court of the United States