Week 1 - Exclusionary Rule

  1. What case establishes the exclusionary rule against federal actors?
    Weeks
  2. a law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial
    *until Mapp v. Ohio (1961) only applied to federal law enforcement officials, not state actors *
    exclusionary rule
  3. What case establishes that the Exclusionary rule applies to both state and local actors?
    • Mapp v. Ohio
    • -  over turn wolf
  4. Evidence obtained through unreasonable search and seizure by state actors is ____ in state courts.
    • inadmissible
    • - mapp
  5. Evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment is ____ in federal proceedings
    • inadmissible
    • - weeks v. U.S.
  6. Establishes the exclusionary rule against federal actors
    Week v. U.S.
  7. To deter unconstitutional investigative practices, and

    2) To compel respect for the Constitution by government actors.
    Purpose of the exclusionary rule
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Week 1 - Exclusionary Rule
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Exclusionary Rule
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