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1. Cupp v. Murphy, No. 72-212 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, March 20, 1973, Argued , May 29, 1973, Decided

OVERVIEW: The Fourth Amendment permitted police to obtain incriminatory fingernail scrapings from a murder suspect who voluntarily appeared at the station house for questioning, even though he was not under formal arrest and did not consent to the search.

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