>Davis v. United States</EMPHASIS> Retroactivity and the Good-Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Evidence.

Judge-made law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Examines scope of Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule and its good faith exception in relation to >Davis volume U. S.</EMPHASIS>, in which Supreme Court will consider whether evidence that was seized in violation of Fourth Amendment rights of the defendant is admissible at trial because the police seized the evidence in good-faith reliance on then-controlling case law of the Eleventh Circuit Court. Discusses Eleventh Circuit Court decision, reviews arguments of petitioner in >Davis volume U. S.</EMPHASIS> concerning applicability of exclusionary rule and retroactivity doctrine, and considers implications for Congressional action

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division. >Davis v. United States</EMPHASIS>

Publisher Number:

CRS-2011-FDT-0420

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