UNITED STATES V. CHADWICK
433 U.S. 1 (1977)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over a search of a footlocker without a warrant.
FACTS: Machado and Leary (Ds) were observed loading a suspicious footlocker on an Amtrac
train. It was leaking talcum powder and Machado matched a profile used to spot drug
traffickers. Railroad officials reported the incident and upon arrival in Boston, federal
narcotics agents were on hand and used a trained police dog and it signaled drugs in the
footlocker. Eventually Ds moved the locker to Chadwick's car waiting outside and all three
were apprehended. They parties were taken into custody and the keys to the locker were
obtained. There was no reason to believe that the locker contained explosives of other
inherently dangerous contraband. There were no exigent circumstances present that would
allow an immediate search of the footlocker. An hour and a half later the locker was opened
and marijuana was found in the locker. Ds moved to suppress the evidence and the government
countered by using the automobile exception and a search incident to a lawful arrest and
that the Fourth Amendment did not apply to persons only places. The court ruled that the
footlocker and Chadwick's auto were merely coincidental and that the double locked 200-pound
footlocker was not part of the area from within which Ds might gain possession of a weapon
or destructible evidence.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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