Blacher v. California

Marlon Blacher asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a California ruling that allowed evidence from a search of his home without a warrant to be used. The justices declined to hear the case, leaving the California result in place without deciding the Fourth Amendment question on the merits.

No vote count or opinion lineup is provided here. No argument was scheduled before the Court finished the case at the petition stage.

For Blacher, the state-court outcome stays the same. For other defendants challenging evidence from home searches without warrants, the Court gave no new nationwide rule.

There is no further Supreme Court step in this docket. Because the Court did not hear the case, the California judgment remains in effect.

He asked whether evidence from a search of his home without a warrant should have been suppressed (kept out). He said the search violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Blacher is directly affected because the California result stays in place. Other people challenging warrantless home searches got no new nationwide guidance.

Nothing else happens at the Supreme Court in this docket. The California judgment remains effective because the justices did not hear the case.