Washington v. Chrisman
United States Supreme Court
455 U.S. 1 (1982)
Relevant factsFree
A campus officer arrested a student leaving a party with liquor, suspecting he was underage, and asked for identification; when the student said his ID was in his dorm room, the officer accompanied him there and, upon entering, observed marijuana in plain view. Chrisman (defendant) challenged the officer's entry as violating his Fourth Amendment rights, and the Washington Supreme Court agreed, prompting the government's petition for certiorari.
IssueFree
Whether it is unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment for a police officer, as a matter of routine, to monitor an arrested person's movements as his own judgment dictates following the arrest.