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Legal Citation: 496 U.S. 128 (1990)

Petitioner
Terry Brice Horton

Respondent
State of California

Petitioner's Claim
That the court must suppress the evidence Sergeant LaRault discovered in plain view while conducting a lawful search, because his search warrant did not mention these items and because LaRault did not find them inadvertently.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Juliana Drous

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Martin S. Kaye

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
4 June 1990

Decision
Found that the Fourth Amendment...