Knowles v. Iowa
| Knowles v. Iowa | |
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| Argued November 3, 1998 Decided December 8, 1998 | |
| Full case name | Patrick Knowles, Petitioner v. Iowa |
| Citations | 525 U.S. 113 (more) 119 S. Ct. 484; 142 L. Ed. 2d 492; 1998 U.S. LEXIS 8068; 67 U.S.L.W. 4027; 98 Daily Journal DAR 12417; 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 6164 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Conviction affirmed, State v. Knowles, 569 N.W.2d 601 (Iowa 1997); cert. granted, 523 U.S. 1019 (1998). |
| Holding | |
| A law enforcement officer may not search a person's vehicle without their consent when they are not in custody once they have been cited without violating the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Iowa Code §321.485(1)(a); U.S. Const. amend. IV | |
Knowles v. Iowa, 525 U.S. 113 (1998), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which ruled that the Fourth Amendment prohibits a police officer from further searching a vehicle which was stopped for a minor traffic offense once the officer has written a citation for the offense.