Hayes v. Florida

Decided March 20, 1985. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-6766 · 470 U.S. 811 (1985) · Cited 603 times

Holding

Where there was no probable cause to arrest petitioner, no consent to the journey to the police station, and no prior judicial authorization for detaining him, the investigative detention at the station for fingerprinting purposes violated petitioner's rights under the Fourth Amendment, as made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth; hence the fingerprints taken were the inadmissible fruits of an illegal detention.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Davis v. Mississippi · 394 U.S. 721 (1969)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
• United States v. Place · 462 U.S. 696 (1983)
• United States v. Hensley · 469 U.S. 221 (1985)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• Florida v. Royer · 460 U.S. 491 (1983)
• Adams v. Williams · 407 U.S. 143 (1972)
• United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · 422 U.S. 873 (1975)
• Nix v. Williams · 467 U.S. 431 (1984)
• United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · 428 U.S. 543 (1976)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Kaupp v. Texas · 538 U.S. 626 (2003)
• Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty. · 542 U.S. 177 (2004)
• Tennessee v. Garner · 471 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• United States v. Montoya De Hernandez · 473 U.S. 531 (1985)

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