United States v. Leon

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1984-09-18

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*900 Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. This ease presents the question whether the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule should be modified so as not to bar the use in the prosecution’s case in chief of evidence obtained by officers acting in reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued by a detached and neutral magistrate but ultimately f…

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