Exclusionary Rule

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1. What consequence does Article III prescribe for evidence obtained through an unconstitutional search?
2. Which constitutional provision expressly links unreasonable searches to exclusion of evidence?
3. Under People v. Marti, what distinction is central to applying the constitutional search guarantee?
4. Police concede that their search of Ana's home violated her constitutional rights. They argue the seized ledger should …
5. A private freight operator independently inspects a parcel under its own inspection practice before contacting law enfo…
6. Officers enter Ben's residence, open a locked cabinet and seize business records. The court determines that the search …
7. A shopkeeper opens a package entirely on his own and discovers contraband. Only afterward does he notify investigators …
8. Officers concede an unconstitutional search of a person's home but ask to use the seized papers in a civil case. Explai…
9. Explain why a truthful seized document can still be excluded after an unconstitutional search.
10. Using Marti, explain why investigators' later receipt of items does not alone establish that they conducted the earlier…
11. According to Stonehill, whose impaired right ordinarily supplies the basis for a personal objection to an unlawful sear…
12. What corporate-law distinction was material to Stonehill’s ruling about corporate papers seized from corporate premises?