Good faith exception to exclusionary rule - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Good faith provides an exception to the Fourth Amendment�exclusionary rule�barring the use at trial of�evidence�obtained pursuant to an unlawful�search and seizure. If officers had reasonable, good faith belief that they were acting according to legal authority, such as by relying on a�search warrant�that is later found to have been legally�defective, the illegally seized�evidence�is admissible under this exception.

Arizona v. Evans�is an example of the good faith exception in action:�officers relied on a search warrant that turned out to be invalid. In�Davis v. U.S., the U.S.�Supreme Court�ruled that the exclusionary rule does not apply when�the police conduct a�search�in reliance on binding�appellate�precedent�allowing the search. Under�Illinois v.�Krull,�it was determined that evidence�may be�admissible�if the officers rely on a�statute�that is later invalidated. In�Herring v. U.S.,�the Court concluded that the good faith exception�to the�exclusionary rule�applied�when�police employees erred in maintaining records in a�warrant�database.