Add to ORKGThe fourth amendment, as is well known, forbids unreasonable searches and seizures by government officers; if the government tries to introduce evidence in a criminal trial that was seized in violation of the fourth amendment, the defendant can get the evidence suppressed. If the evidence is vital to conviction, this means that the defendant will be acquitted simply because the evidence was obtained illegally. This is the famous exclusionary rule of the law of search and seizure. The exclusionary rule is one example of a sanction for governmental miconduct: evidence that may be essential to convicting a dangerous criminal is suppressed to punish or to deter the government\u27s violation of a law, here the fourth amendment. Issues concernin...
This article argues that the Supreme Court\u27s original view of the history and meaning of the four...
Defendants were prosecuted and convicted of conspiring to engage in horserace bookmaking and related...
In recent years, a seemingly endless stream of headlines have alerted people to the steady and relen...
The fourth amendment guarantees the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, pape...
Can we live with the so-called exclusionary rule, which bars the use of illegally gained evidence in...
The use of the exclusionary rule in criminal cases has been the subject of extensive debate since it...
Judge Posner holds economic theory demonstrates that the fourth amendment\u27s exclusionary rule and...
The exclusionary rule, which bars from admission evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendm...
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures in criminal investigations. The Su...
At common law, illegally seized evidence was admissible on the theory that the nature of the seizure...
It is not . . . easy to see what the shock-the-conscience test adds, or should be allowed to add, to...
As citizens of the United States, most of us would abhor warrantless police intrusion into our homes...
During the 1975 term the Supreme Court handed down nine opinions which involved the fourth amendment...
The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution states that The right of the people to be se...
That the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum must comply with the provisions of the Fourth Amendment ...
This article argues that the Supreme Court\u27s original view of the history and meaning of the four...
Defendants were prosecuted and convicted of conspiring to engage in horserace bookmaking and related...
In recent years, a seemingly endless stream of headlines have alerted people to the steady and relen...
The fourth amendment guarantees the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, pape...
Can we live with the so-called exclusionary rule, which bars the use of illegally gained evidence in...
The use of the exclusionary rule in criminal cases has been the subject of extensive debate since it...
Judge Posner holds economic theory demonstrates that the fourth amendment\u27s exclusionary rule and...
The exclusionary rule, which bars from admission evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendm...
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures in criminal investigations. The Su...
At common law, illegally seized evidence was admissible on the theory that the nature of the seizure...
It is not . . . easy to see what the shock-the-conscience test adds, or should be allowed to add, to...
As citizens of the United States, most of us would abhor warrantless police intrusion into our homes...
During the 1975 term the Supreme Court handed down nine opinions which involved the fourth amendment...
The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution states that The right of the people to be se...
That the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum must comply with the provisions of the Fourth Amendment ...
This article argues that the Supreme Court\u27s original view of the history and meaning of the four...
Defendants were prosecuted and convicted of conspiring to engage in horserace bookmaking and related...
In recent years, a seemingly endless stream of headlines have alerted people to the steady and relen...