Elkins v. United States
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elkins-v-united-states-262-7198734
title:
Elkins v. United States
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Elkins v. United States, 364 U.S. 206 (1960), was a US Supreme Court decision that held the "silver platter doctrine", which allowed federal prosecutors to use evidence illegally gathered by state police, to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Evidence of illegal wiretapping had been seized from the home of James Butler Elkins by Portland, Oregon police officers on an unrelated search warrant, and he was subsequently convicted in federal court. Elkins appea
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1960 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkins_v._United_States
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2023-10-24T03:39:54Z
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