--- title: "Corley v. United States" citation: "Corley v. United States, 556 U.S. 303 (2009)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-CORLEY-556-US-303" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/boundvolumes/556bv.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-CORLEY-556-US-303/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Corley v. United States ## Holding used Section 3501(c) leaves the McNabb–Mallory exclusionary rule operative for a federal confession made beyond the six-hour safe harbor, subject to the statutory allowance for reasonable delay considering transportation and distance; the court then asks whether presentment delay was unnecessary or unreasonable. ## Material limitation The six-hour rule concerns confession admissibility and is not the Rule 5 presentment deadline or the Fourth Amendment probable-cause clock. ## Official source and pinpoint 556 U.S. 303, 309–10, 322 (2009): ## Used in - [Initial Appearance and Pretrial Release or Detention](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/20-pretrial/initial-appearance-and-pretrial-release.md)