Does a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule permit the admission of evidence obtained by a police officer who conducts a search in objectively reasonable reliance on precedent that is later overruled? Last month, the Supreme Court held in Davis v. United States that “searches conducted in objectively reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent are not subject to the exclusionary rule,” and this week the Fourth Circuit applied that reasoning to a case that been lingering on the docket while the circuit waited for Supreme Court clarification.

  • FindLaw’s Supreme Court Blog (FindLaw)
  • The Supreme Court’s Latest “Exclusionary Rule” Decision: Why Justice Kennedy, the Swing Vote, Was on the Liberal Side Here, But the Conservative Side in a Prior Decision Regarding the Rule (FindLaw’s Writ)
  • How Far Does Police “Good Faith” Go? The Supreme Court Creates Another Exception to The Exclusionary Rule (FindLaw’s Writ)
  • Opinion analysis: The fading “exclusionary rule” (SCOTUSblog)

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