Does section 1538.5 of the Penal Code of California apply to suppress evidence obtained as a result of an unlawful search or seizure?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Daan, 161 Cal.App.3d 22, 207 Cal.Rptr. 228 (Cal. App. 1984):
Penal Code section 1538.5, enacted in 1967, established procedures for the suppression of evidence obtained as a result of unlawful searches or seizures and provided as a deterrent to unlawful governmental seizure activity evidence so seized as an adjunct to such a search would not be admissible. (People v. Belleci (1979) 24 Cal.3d 879, 157 Cal.Rptr. 503, 598 P.2d 473.)
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