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Utah V. Strieff And The Future Of The Exceptions To The Exclusionary Rule, Zack Gong
Utah V. Strieff And The Future Of The Exceptions To The Exclusionary Rule, Zack Gong
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar
In the recent case State v. Strieff, the Supreme Court of Utah held that police’s discovery of a lawful outstanding warrant during an unlawful investigatory stop cannot save the evidence obtained during that arrest from suppression under the attenuation doctrine. To reach that decision, the court reasoned that the inevitable discovery doctrine, instead of the attenuation doctrine, is appropriate for this situation. However, the court failed to address whether the inevitable discovery doctrine can ultimately save the evidence from suppression.
The theoretical foundation of how the Fourth Amendment guaranty gives rise to the exclusionary rule has never been steadfast; …
The Positive Law Model Of The Fourth Amendment, William Baude, James Y. Stern
The Positive Law Model Of The Fourth Amendment, William Baude, James Y. Stern
Faculty Publications
For fifty years, courts have used a “reasonable expectation of privacy” standard to define “searches” under the Fourth Amendment. As others have recognized, that doctrine is subjective, unpredictable, and conceptually confused, but viable alternatives have been slow to emerge. This Article supplies one.
We argue that Fourth Amendment protection should be anchored in background positive law. The touchstone of the search-and-seizure analysis should be whether government officials have done something forbidden to private parties. It is those actions that should be subjected to Fourth Amendment reasonableness review and the presumptive requirement to obtain a warrant. In short, Fourth Amendment protection …
Shakin' And Bakin': The Supreme Court's Remarkable Criminal Law Rulings Of The 1999 Term, William E. Hellerstein
Shakin' And Bakin': The Supreme Court's Remarkable Criminal Law Rulings Of The 1999 Term, William E. Hellerstein
Touro Law Review
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"The Right Of The People To Be Secure...": Toward A Metatheory Of The Fourth Amendment, Thomas E. Baker
"The Right Of The People To Be Secure...": Toward A Metatheory Of The Fourth Amendment, Thomas E. Baker
Thomas E. Baker
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