Stone v. Powell
| Stone v. Powell; Wolff v. Rice | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 24, 1976 Decided July 6, 1976 | |
| Full case name | Stone, Warden, v. Powell; Wolff, Warden, v. Rice |
| Docket no. | 74-1055 |
| Citations | 428 U.S. 465 (more) 96 S.Ct. 3037, 49 L.Ed.2d 1067 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | For Stone v. Powell:
convicted (Superior Court of San Bernardino County); affirmed (California Court of Appeal, 1969); habeas corpus petition denied (California Supreme Court); habeas corpus petition denied (Northern District of California); reversed, 507 F.2d 93 (9th Cir. 1974), certiorari granted, 422 U. S. 1055 (1975) For Wolff v. Rice: convicted, (District Court of Douglas County); affirmed, 199 N.W.2d 480 (Neb. 1972); habeas corpus petition granted, 388 F.Supp. 185 (D. Neb. 1974); affirmed, 513 F.2d 1280 (8th Cir. 1975); certiorari granted, 422 U. S. 1055 (1975) |
| Holding | |
| If a state prisoner's claim as to a violation of the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule has already been given a full and fair hearing by state courts, it may not be heard by federal courts in a habeas corpus petition. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Powell, joined by Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist, and Stevens |
| Concurrence | Burger |
| Dissent | Brennan, joined by Marshall |
| Dissent | White |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. IV, habeas corpus | |
Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465 (1976), was decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that limited which claims of Fourth Amendment violations could be made by state prisoners in habeas corpus petitions in federal courts. Specifically, a claim that the exclusionary rule had been broken would be barred if state courts had already given it a full and fair hearing. The decision combined two cases that were argued before the Supreme Court on the same day with similar issues, one filed by Lloyd Powell (convicted of murder in California) and the other, titled Wolff v. Rice, filed by David Rice (convicted of murder in Nebraska).