Opinion

State v. Burroughs

  • 926 S.W.2d 243
  • 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 468
Court
Tennessee Supreme Court
Filed
Jul 15, 1996
Status
Published
On the bench
Birch, Drowota, Anderson, Reid, White
Cited by
20 cases

explaining the circumstances in which a private individual who conducts a search is acting as an “agent” of the state and, thereby, imputes Fourth Amendment violations to the state

How later courts described this case

  • explaining the circumstances in which a private individual who conducts a search is acting as an “agent” of the state and, thereby, imputes Fourth Amendment violations to the state
  • identifying the factors for determination of State agency for a Fourth Amendment violation as “(1) the government’s knowledge and acquiescence, and (2) the intent of the party performing the search”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ORDER ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Derron Burroughs, has filed a petition to rehear in this cause. The Court has considered it and concludes that it should be, and is, hereby, denied.

It is so ORDERED.

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