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Probable Cause - Correct Answer ✅Facts or circumstances
that would make a reasonable or prudent person believe a
crime is being or has been committed.
Probable Cause is the basis: - Correct Answer ✅To arrest,
to search, to seize
Exclusionary Rule - Correct Answer ✅Evidence illegally
obtained will not be admissible in court
Weeks v. United States - Correct Answer ✅Established the
exclusionary rule in federal cases. Prohibited evidence
obtained by illegal searches and seizures from being
admitted in court.
Wolfe v. Colorado - Correct Answer ✅Silver Platter doctrine
was struck down
Mapp v. Ohio - Correct Answer ✅Established the
exclusionary rule was applicable to state, county, and local
government.
, GPSTC Exam 2 Questions and Answers
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Purpose of Exclusionary Rule - Correct Answer ✅To deter
police misconduct.
Exclusionary Rule Prohibits - Correct Answer ✅1. The
introduction of evidence seized during an unlawful search
2. Testimony concerning knowledge acquired from that
unlawful search
3. Evidence that flowed from the unlawful search
Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule - Correct Answer
✅good faith, inevitable discovery, purged taint, independent
source
Independent Source Exception - Correct Answer ✅The
existence of evidence which was not illegally seized and
which in fact provided an independent basis for the discovery
of the challenged evidence
Inevitable Discovery Exception - Correct Answer ✅Courts
generally will not suppress evidence that has been seized