steagald argued january decided april pursuant arrest warrant one lyons drug enforcement administration agents entered petitioner home search lyons without first obtaining search warrant course searching home agents found cocaine incriminating evidence find lyons petitioner arrested indicted federal drug charges pretrial motion suppress evidence uncovered search home ground illegally obtained agents failed obtain search warrant denied district petitioner convicted appeals affirmed held government precluded contending petitioner lacked expectation privacy searched home sufficient prevail fourth amendment claim argument never raised courts rather government made contrary assertions courts acquiesced contrary findings pp search question violated fourth amendment took place absence consent exigent circumstances pp absent exigent circumstances consent home may searched without warrant two distinct interests implicated search case lyons interest free unreasonable seizure petitioner interest free unreasonable search home arrest warrant lyons addressed former interest search petitioner home reasonable petitioner perspective conducted absence warrant search therefore violated fourth amendment pp common law contrary government assertion furnish precedent upholding search question rather sheds little light narrow issue presented whether arrest warrant opposed search warrant adequate protect fourth amendment interests persons named warrant home searched without consent absence exigent circumstances moreover history fourth amendment strongly suggests framers sanctioned search question pp search warrant requirement circumstances case significantly impede effective law enforcement efforts arrest warrant alone suffices enter suspect residence probable cause exists warrant required apprehend suspected felon public place moreover doctrine significantly limits situations search warrant needed situations search warrant necessary inconvenience incurred police generally insignificant event whatever practical problems requiring search warrant cases outweigh constitutional interest stake protecting right presumptively innocent people secure homes unjustified forcible intrusions government pp marshall delivered opinion brennan stewart blackmun powell stevens joined burger concurred judgment rehnquist filed dissenting opinion white joined post john richard young appointment argued cause filed brief petitioner deputy solicitor general frey argued cause brief solicitor general mccree assistant attorney general heymann peter buscemi elliott schulder william otis patty merkamp stemler john mcnally filed brief american civil liberties union et al amici curiae urging reversal justice marshall delivered opinion issue case whether fourth amendment law enforcement officer may legally search subject arrest warrant home third party without first obtaining search warrant concluding search warrant must obtained absent exigent circumstances consent reverse judgment appeals fifth circuit affirming petitioner conviction early january agent drug enforcement administration dea contacted detroit confidential informant suggested might able locate ricky lyons federal fugitive wanted drug charges january informant called agent gave telephone number atlanta area according informant ricky lyons reached next hours january agent called fellow dea agent kelly goodowens atlanta relayed information obtained informant goodowens contacted southern bell telephone secured address corresponding telephone number obtained informant goodowens also discovered lyons subject arrest warrant two days later goodowens officers drove address supplied telephone company search lyons officers observed two men standing outside house searched men hoyt gaultney petitioner gary steagald officers approached guns drawn frisked men demanding identification determined neither man lyons several agents proceeded house gaultney wife answered door informed agents alone house told place hands wall guarded position one agent searched house ricky lyons found search house agent observed believed cocaine upon informed discovery agent goodowens sent officer obtain search warrant meantime conducted second search house uncovered additional incriminating evidence third search conducted pursuant search warrant agents uncovered pounds cocaine petitioner arrested indicted federal drug charges prior trial petitioner moved suppress evidence uncovered various searches ground illegally obtained agents failed secure search warrant entering house agent goodowens testified suppression hearing physical hindrance preventing obtaining search warrant believed arrest warrant ricky lyons sufficient justify entry search district agreed view denied suppression motion petitioner convicted renewed challenge search appeal divided appeals fifth circuit affirmed district denial petitioner suppression motion gaultney issue presented case important one divided circuits granted certiorari ii government initially seeks avert consideration fifth circuit decision suggesting petitioner may regardless merits decision lack expectation privacy house sufficient prevail fourth amendment claim argument never raised government courts moreover brief opposition certiorari government represented house question petitioner residence occupied petitioner gaultney gaultney wife brief opposition however government contends record clearly show petitioner reasonable expectation privacy house hence urges us remand case district factual question decline follow suggested disposition aside arguing search warrant constitutionally required government initially entitled defend petitioner charge unlawful search asserting petitioner lacked reasonable expectation privacy searched home consented search exigent circumstances justified entry government however may lose right raise factual issues sort made contrary assertions courts acquiesced contrary findings courts failed raise questions timely fashion litigation conclude case magistrate report petitioner suppression motion adopted district characterized issue whether arrest warrant sufficient justify search home third person subject warrant app government never sought correct characterization appeal instead acquiesced district view petitioner fourth amendment claim moreover trial appeal case government argued successfully petitioner connection searched home sufficient establish constructive possession cocaine found suitcase closet house moreover appeals concluded magistrate district petitioner fourth amendment claim involved type warrant necessary search premises belonging third party government declined disturb characterization petitioner sought review government filed certiorari suggesting case remanded district proceedings instead government argued review unnecessary finally government opposition certiorari expressly represented searched home petitioner residence thus course proceedings government directly sought connect petitioner house acquiesced statements courts characterizing search one petitioner residence made similar concessions two years petitioner trial government seeks return case district factual issue tactical advantages government disposition obvious government prevailed claim upon remand relieved task defending judgment appeals conclude however government assertions concessions acquiescence lost right challenge petitioner assertion possessed legitimate expectation privacy searched home therefore turn merits petitioner claim iii question us narrow one search issue took place absence consent exigent circumstances except special situations consistently held entry home conduct search make arrest unreasonable fourth amendment unless done pursuant warrant see payton new york johnson thus recently observed terms apply equally seizures property seizures persons fourth amendment drawn firm line entrance house absent exigent circumstances threshold may reasonably crossed without warrant payton new york supra see coolidge new hampshire jones agnello course agents warrant one authorizing arrest ricky lyons however fourth amendment claim raised ricky lyons instead challenge search asserted person named warrant convicted basis evidence uncovered search residence ricky lyons thus narrow issue us whether arrest warrant opposed search warrant adequate protect fourth amendment interests persons named warrant homes searched without consent absence exigent circumstances purpose warrant allow neutral judicial officer assess whether police probable cause make arrest conduct search often explained placement checkpoint government citizen implicitly acknowledges officer engaged often competitive enterprise ferreting crime johnson supra may lack sufficient objectivity weigh correctly strength evidence supporting contemplated action individual interests protecting liberty privacy home coolidge new hampshire supra mcdonald however arrest warrant search warrant serve subject determination police judicial review interests protected two warrants differ arrest warrant issued magistrate upon showing probable cause exists believe subject warrant committed offense thus warrant primarily serves protect individual unreasonable seizure search warrant contrast issued upon showing probable cause believe legitimate object search located particular place therefore safeguards individual interest privacy home possessions unjustified intrusion police thus whether arrest warrant issued case adequately safeguarded interests protected fourth amendment depends upon warrant authorized agents sure warrant embodied judicial finding probable cause believe ricky lyons committed felony warrant therefore authorized officers seize lyons however agents sought use warrant arrest lyons public place home instead relied warrant legal authority enter home third person based belief ricky lyons might guest regardless reasonable belief might never subjected detached scrutiny judicial officer thus warrant case may protected lyons unreasonable seizure absolutely nothing protect petitioner privacy interest free unreasonable invasion search home instead petitioner protection illegal entry search agent personal determination probable cause absence exigent circumstances consistently held judicially untested determinations reliable enough justify entry person home arrest without warrant search home objects absence search warrant payton new york supra johnson supra see reason depart settled course search home person rather object contrary conclusion police acting alone absence exigent circumstances may decide sufficient justification searching home third party subject arrest warrant create significant potential abuse armed solely arrest warrant single person police search homes individual friends acquaintances see lankford gelston enjoining police practice homes searched pursuant arrest warrants two fugitives moreover arrest warrant may serve pretext entering home police suspicion probable cause believe illegal activity taking place cf chimel california government recognizes potential abuses contends existing remedies motions suppress illegally procured evidence damages actions fourth amendment violations provide adequate means redress agree observed previous occasion fourth amendment designed prevent simply redress unlawful police action chimel california supra indeed suppression motions damages actions sufficient implement fourth amendment prohibition unreasonable searches seizures need constitutional requirement absence exigent circumstances warrant must obtained home arrest search home objects instead concluded cases participation detached magistrate determination essential element reasonable search seizure believe conclusion apply sum two distinct interests implicated search issue ricky lyons interest free unreasonable seizure petitioner interest free unreasonable search home arrest warrant lyons addressed former interest search petitioner home reasonable petitioner perspective conducted absence warrant since warrantless searches home impermissible absent consent exigent circumstances conclude instant search violated fourth amendment iv government concedes view apparently logical furthers general policies underlying fourth amendment virtue producing symmetry law entry conduct search things seized law entry conduct search persons seized brief yet informed conclusion without flaws contrary precedent creates practical problems law enforcement treat contentions turn common law may within limits instructive determining sorts searches framers fourth amendment regarded reasonable see payton new york government contends common law officer forcibly enter home third party execute arrest warrant sure several commentators suggest constable break open doors effect arrest see chitty criminal law chitty foster crown law foster hale pleas crown ed hale see coke institutes support proposition commentators rely single decision semayne case eng see chitty foster hale although case involved authority sheriff effect civil service person within home noted dictum person escape ordinary process law seeking refuge home third party eng however language decision free ambiguity suggests forcible entry third party house permissible person arrested pursued house decision refers person flies another home annotation notes order justify breaking outer door denial request take person house stranger must understood person upon pursuit taketh refuge house another eng emphasis original commentators appear adopted limitation see chitty sheriff may enter third parties home offender fly refuge foster stranger whose ordinary residence elsewhere upon pursuit taketh refuge house another castle claim benefit sanctuary hale forcible entry permissible upon strong necessity long recognized hot pursuit cases fall within exception warrant requirement see warden hayden therefore distinguishable routine search situation presented important general question addressed commentators different issue presented case authorities government relies concerned whether subject arrest warrant claim sanctuary arrest hiding home third party see chitty foster hale thus semayne case observed house one castle privilege shall extend protect person flies house goods brought conveyed house prevent lawful execution escape ordinary process law privilege house extends family proper goods eng common law thus sheds relatively little light narrow question us history fourth amendment strongly suggests framers sanctioned instant search fourth amendment intended partly protect abuses general warrants occurred england writs assistance used colonies see payton new york white dissenting boyd lasson history development fourth amendment constitution general warrant specified offense typically seditious libel left discretion executing officials decision persons arrested places searched similarly writs assistance used colonies noted object search uncustomed goods thus left customs officials completely free search place believed goods might central objectionable feature warrants provided judicial check determination executing officials evidence available justified intrusion particular home stanford texas arrest warrant extent invoked authority enter homes third parties suffers infirmity like writ assistance specifies object search case ricky lyons leaves unfettered discretion police decision particular homes searched believe framers fourth amendment condoned result government also suggests practical problems might arise law enforcement officers required obtain search warrant entering home third party make arrest basis concern persons opposed objects inherently mobile thus officers seeking effect arrest may forced return magistrate several times subject arrest warrant moves place place convinced however search warrant requirement significantly impede effective law enforcement efforts first situations search warrant necessary noted payton new york supra arrest warrant alone suffice enter suspect residence effect arrest furthermore probable cause exists warrant required apprehend suspected felon public place watson thus subject arrest warrant readily seized entering leaving home third party finally doctrine significantly limits situations search warrant needed example warrantless entry home justified police hot pursuit fugitive see santana warden hayden thus extent searches persons pose special problems believe doctrine adequate accommodate legitimate law enforcement needs moreover situations search warrant necessary inconvenience incurred police simply significant first police know location felon obtain arrest warrant additional burden obtaining search warrant time miniscule inconvenience obtaining warrant increase significantly outstanding arrest warrant already exists case example agent goodowens knew address house searched two days advance planned raid federal courthouse atlanta informed three fulltime magistrates duty routine search cases short time required obtain search warrant magistrate seldom hinder efforts apprehend felon finally magistrate nearby telephonic search warrant usually obtained see fed rule crim proc whatever practical problems remain however outweigh constitutional interests stake warrant requirement impedes extent vigor government seek enforce laws yet fourth amendment recognizes restraint necessary cases protect unreasonable searches seizures conclude case additional burden imposed police warrant requirement minimal contrast right protected presumptively innocent people secure homes unjustified forcible intrusions government weighty thus order render instant search reasonable fourth amendment search warrant required accordingly judgment appeals reversed case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered footnotes last term noted question remained unresolved see payton new york three circuits held absence exigent circumstances search warrant required law officers may enter home third party execute arrest warrant see government virgin islands gereau cert denied wallace king cert pending prescott two circuits joined appeals case adopting contrary view search warrant required situations police arrest warrant reason believe person arrested within home searched see mckinney harper cert denied second circuit suggested dictum subscribes latter view see manley appeals district columbia circuit recently indicated require search warrant cases see ford app two courts appeals left issue open see adams rice wolff rev grounds sub nom stone powell seventh circuit considered question courts conflict modern commentators agree search warrant necessary fully protect privacy interests third parties home searched subject arrest warrant see lafave search seizure treatise fourth amendment rotenberg tanzer searching person seized ohio groot arrests private dwellings rev note neglected fourth amendment problem arrest entries stan rev comment arresting suspect third party home reasonable crim see mascolo arrest warrants search warrants seizure suspect home third party bar appeals accepting contention cited government evidence several checks papers bearing petitioner name found house steagald taken custody wearing slacks shirt clothing inconsistent coldness january afternoon taken inside house told dea agent cold requested get sweater coat kitchen area government asserts unable raise issue courts courts acted decided salvucci find justification compelling automatic standing rule jones person charged possessory offense challenge search incriminating evidence obtained salvucci overruled jones instead limited fourth amendment claims persons reasonable expectation privacy area object search although salvucci thus altered fourth amendment jurisprudence extent rationale decision large part simply extension earlier reasoning rakas illinois rakas decision held illegal search violated fourth amendment rights persons legitimate expectation privacy invaded place decision directly address automatic standing rule jones clearly ill omen continued vitality decision since rakas decided well case briefed argued appeals government easily raised question whether petitioner fourth amendment rights even implicated search issue indeed government salvucci clearly recognized significance rakas case despite contrary authority jones argued outset defendant lacked sufficient expectation privacy challenge legality search fourth amendment given explanation government failed regard rakas equal significance case event salvucci decided certiorari sought case rather oppose certiorari ground petitioner lacked legitimate expectation privacy searched home government made explicit concessions contrary initially assume without deciding information relayed agent goodowens concerning whereabouts ricky lyons sufficient establish probable cause believe lyons house searched agents indeed plain wording fourth amendment admits exemption warrant requirement search home person rather thing previously noted absent exigent circumstances consent entry private dwelling conduct search effect arrest unreasonable without warrant second clause fourth amendment governs issuance warrants provides warrants shall issue upon probable cause supported oath affirmation particularly describing place searched persons things seized language plainly suggests sort judicial determination must made search person home another person necessary search object specifically absent exigent circumstances magistrate rather police officer must make decision probable cause exists believe person object seized within particular place payton course recognized arrest warrant alone sufficient authorize entry person home effect arrest reasoned sufficient evidence citizen participation felony persuade judicial officer arrest justified constitutionally reasonable require open doors officers law thus fourth amendment purposes arrest warrant founded probable cause implicitly carries limited authority enter dwelling suspect lives reason believe suspect within government concedes arrest warrant may thought undesirable attributes general warrant authorizes entry third party premises brief similarly government agrees potential abuse much less implicit entry authorization arrest warrant confined suspect residence held make police free search suspect anyone else house without obtaining particularized judicial determination suspect present ibid moreover remedies suggested government without pitfalls limitations example absent search warrant requirement person seeking recover civil damages unjustified search home may possibly thwarted defense unlawful conduct recognized see wallace king significance accorded authority however must kept perspective decisions area simply frozen constitutional law enforcement practices existed time fourth amendment passage payton new york rules governing searches arrests evolved society far simpler today crime changed means law enforcement therefore naive assume actions constable take english american village three centuries ago necessarily govern society regard proper cf katz instead amendment prohibition unreasonable searches seizures must interpreted light contemporary norms conditions payton new york supra three decisions cited government address issue raised johnson leigh taunt eng dealt authority constable enter home third person make arrest outer door open common law privilege attaches outer door dwelling owner castle hutchison birch taunt eng thus open outer door apparently regarded equivalent consent occupant constable enter home conduct search two decisions cited government sheers brooks bl eng kelsy wright root dealt authority constable enter home person arrested government recognizes problem see supra number circuits already require search warrant entries sort see supra indication record law enforcement efforts jurisdictions suffered result thus inclined view government argument point considerable skepticism cf payton new york moreover informed government present policy drug enforcement administration whose agents conducted search present case secure search warrant prior making arrest entry third party premises absence exigent circumstances consent brief opposition indeed inherent mobility persons noted government suggests situations police may avoid altogether need obtain search warrant simply waiting suspect leave third person home attempting arrest suspect justice rehnquist justice white joins dissenting opinion reversing petitioner conviction proceeds pristinely simple manner steagald fourth amendment privacy interest dwelling entered police even though police entered premises sole purpose executing valid arrest warrant lyons fugitive justice probable cause believe within arrest warrant sufficient absent exigent circumstances justify invading steagald privacy interest dwelling petitioner steagald privacy interest different lyons interest free unreasonable seizure according arrest warrant validated invasion latter words search petitioner home reasonable petitioner perspective conducted absence warrant since warrantless searches home impermissible absent consent exigent circumstances conclude instant search violated fourth amendment ante case therefore resolved simple aristotelian syllogism employs concluding arrest warrant address privacy interest affected search means ends matter simply presents issue decision resolution issue depends upon balancing need search invasion search entails camara municipal san francisco fourth amendment cases reasonableness still ultimate standard see wyman james marshall barlow determining reasonableness dispensing requirement separate search warrant case believe existence valid arrest warrant highly relevant government interests warrantless entry dwelling execute arrest warrant compelling basic problem confronting police situations inherent mobility fugitive definition police probable cause believe fugitive dwelling home may stay week day minutes fugitives justice tend mobile police officers generally way knowing whether subject arrest warrant dwelling return seeking search warrant see mckinney state jordan en banc imposition search warrant requirement circumstances frustrate compelling interests government indeed public apprehension subject outstanding arrest warrants responses real concerns singularly unpersuasive first downplays stating situations search warrant necessary ante search warrant necessary arrest suspect home suspect another home police need wait leaves since search warrant needed arrest public place ibid beguilingly simple answers serious law enforcement problem simply wash criminals know suspect subject arrest warrants likely return homes police reduce likelihood escape staking possible exits costs stakeout seem excessive era rising crime scarce police resources payton new york supra white dissenting ivory tower misconception realities apprehension fugitives justice reaches apogee routine search cases short time required obtain search warrant magistrate seldom hinder efforts apprehend felon ante cases considering routine search cases cases attempted arrest pursuant warrant object arrest may flee time including short time police endeavoring obtain search warrant time interference fourth amendment privacy interests whose homes entered apprehend felon nearly significant suggested arrest warrant serves functions separate search warrant assures occupants police officer present official business arrest warrant also limits scope search specifying police may search subject arrest warrant general search permitted search areas object search might hide see fisher volz state jordan supra cravero nn cert denied indeed may intrusion occupant privacy since present suspect opportunity voluntarily surrender door even suspect surrender secrets within house occupant limit search pointing police important remember contraband discovered entry search lyons plain view discovered sweep search lyons probing drawers cabinets contraband gaultney burden law enforcement officers obtain separate search warrant entering dwelling third party execute concededly valid arrest warrant great carries high possibility fugitive named arrest warrant escape apprehension conclude application traditional reasonableness standard fourth amendment require separate search warrant case conclusion supported common law existed time framing fourth amendment incorporated standard reasonableness noted last term payton examination understanding officer authority arrest sheds light obviously relevant entirely dispositive consideration framers amendment might thought reasonable see also white dissenting duty populace aid apprehension felons well established common law see roberts light overriding interest apprehension common law permitted officers enter dwelling third parties executing arrest warrant chitty wrote house third person offender fly refuge privileged may broken open usual demand may even upon civil process chitty criminal law hereafter chitty gabbett agreed neither house third person offender fly refuge privileged may broken open usual demand may even upon civil process gabbett criminal law hereafter gabbett hale noted officer forcibly enter house subject arrest warrant nd much may break open house another person take sheriff may upon civil process hale pleas crown hereafter hale see also foster crown law work constables noted chief part office represse fellony albeit man house doth dwell doe suspect fellon yet may enter search owner house upon request open dores seems officer may break open dores upon come search sheppard offices constables ch quoted taylor two studies constitutional interpretation argues authorities relevant consider rights third parties whose dwellings entered rights arrestee ante authorities typically concern right third party resist officer attempted entry offense committed officer third party entering see commonwealth reynolds supra chitty hale russell basic error treatment common law reliance adage man home castle though undoubtedly early case support common law accepted uncritical statement black letter law answers questions area william pitt prime minister england used telling effect speech floor house commons parliamentary speaking ability analytical legal ability equated one another clear privilege home extend king party warrant criminal case issued see russell gabbett burdett abbott east eng commonwealth reynolds supra man home may castle civil cases criminal cases recognized far back year books see ewd iv quoted burdett supra eng suggestion opinion ante language semayne case suggests although subject arrest warrant find sanctuary home third party home remained castle privilege residents thus completely unfounded present context officer break one home execute arrest warrant owner much may break open house another person take hale entry house third party effect arrest considered follow fortiori accepted entry home subject arrest warrant home third party protection civil process let alone criminal process see chitty gabbett hale see generally wilgus arrest without warrant rev common law sovereign key criminal process unlocked doors whether apprehend owner someone else subscribe decision today falsely cry wolf dissent decision rests special set facts change one clear separate search warrant required even reasoning one side payton makes clear arrest warrant needed enter suspect home effect arrest suspect living particular dwelling significant period say days certainly considered home fourth amendment purposes even premises owned third party others living even suspect concurrently maintains residence elsewhere well case police enter premises arrest warrant side fleeting suspect connection premises mere visitor likely exigent circumstances exist justifying immediate police action without departing obtain search warrant practical damage done effective law enforcement today decision without basis constitution may well minimal courts carefully consider various congeries facts actual case genuinely unfortunate aspect today ruling fewer fugitives brought book fewer criminals apprehended though consequences undoubtedly occur greater misfortune increased uncertainty imposed police officers field committing magistrates trial judges must confront variations permutations factual situation basis various capacities weigh time suspect outstanding arrest warrant building whether dwelling suspect home long lived whether likely leave immediately number related equally imponderable questions certainty repose justice holmes said may destiny man one might hoped higher degree certainty one narrow important area law offered today decision cites coke contrary authority ante coke disagreement rule constable break open doors extended requiring suspect sought first indicted wrote party suspected indicted sherif force kings writ may demand party indicted delivered done may break open house apprehend felon coke institutes lyons indicted gaultney strives minimize significance rule suggesting applied cases hot pursuit ante even authorities impose pursuit requirement means see hale russell crimes misdemeanors ed hereafter russell pursuit referred apparently old common law mode pursuing hue cry chitty blackstone commentaries wendell ed hale see semayne case eng beats danger death flies thereupon hue cry made retreats house pursue house kept defended force proves first request made may lawfully break house suit hue cry however hot pursuit officers law situations might invoked example simply apprehend person suspected felony considered exigent circumstances see chitty