Andresen v. Maryland explained

Litigants:Andresen v. Maryland
Arguedate:February 25
Argueyear:1976
Decidedate:June 29
Decideyear:1976
Fullname:Peter C. Andresen, Petitioner v. State of Maryland
Oralargument:https://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1646/argument/
Usvol:427
Uspage:463
Parallelcitations:96 S. Ct. 2737; 49 L. Ed. 2d 627
Holding:The searches and seizures were not "unreasonable" in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Majority:Blackmun
Joinmajority:Burger, Stewart, White, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Dissent:Brennan
Dissent2:Marshall
Lawsapplied:U.S. Const. amend. IV

Andresen v. Maryland, 427 U.S. 463 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that search of petitioner's offices for business records, their seizure, and subsequent introduction into evidence did not offend the Fifth Amendment's proscription that "[n]o person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." Although the records seized contained statements that petitioner voluntarily had committed to writing, he was never required to say anything.

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