Rochin v. California

E415505

United States Supreme Court case criminal procedure case due process case

Rochin v. California is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that held evidence obtained by methods that "shock the conscience," such as forcibly pumping a suspect’s stomach, violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rochin v. California canonical	1
Rochin v. People of the State of California	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ due process case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ
arguedDate	1951-10-16 ⓘ 1951-10-17 ⓘ
citation	342 U.S. 165 ⓘ 72 S. Ct. 205 ⓘ 96 L. Ed. 183 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ surface form: Fred M. Vinson Harold H. Burton ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ Robert H. Jackson ⓘ Sherman Minton ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1952-01-02 ⓘ
factSummary	Deputies entered Rochin’s home without a warrant and saw him swallow capsules suspected to contain narcotics ⓘ Officers took Rochin to a hospital where his stomach was forcibly pumped to recover the capsules ⓘ The recovered capsules contained morphine and were used to convict Rochin of illegal possession ⓘ
fullName	Rochin v. California self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rochin v. People of the State of California
holding	Evidence obtained by methods that shock the conscience violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ Forcibly pumping a suspect’s stomach to obtain evidence violates due process ⓘ
impact	Contributed to development of standards governing police brutality and coercive evidence-gathering ⓘ Influenced later substantive due process jurisprudence ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal law ⓘ
legalIssue	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment admissibility of evidence obtained by coercive methods ⓘ
legalPrinciple	Due process prohibits methods of obtaining evidence that offend a sense of justice ⓘ The government may not obtain convictions by conduct that shocks the conscience ⓘ
lowerCourt	California Courts of Appeal ⓘ surface form: California District Court of Appeal
lowerCourtDisposition	judgment affirmed ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
petitioner	Antonio Rochin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedCase	Brown v. Mississippi ⓘ Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ
relatedConcept	exclusionary rule ⓘ police misconduct ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
respondent	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
standardAnnounced	shocks the conscience ⓘ
subjectMatter	exclusion of coerced physical evidence ⓘ police conduct in obtaining evidence ⓘ
supremeCourtDisposition	judgment reversed ⓘ
vote	8-0 ⓘ
yearDecided	1952 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Wolf v. Colorado → relatedCase → Rochin v. California ⓘ

Rochin v. California → fullName → Rochin v. California self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochin v. People of the State of California