Does the exclusionary rule apply in civil proceedings?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Richardson v. City of S.F., 154 Cal.Rptr.3d 145, 214 Cal.App.4th 671 (Cal. App. 2013):
have uniformly declined to apply the exclusionary rule in civil proceedings where the rule would not deter the unlawful search at issue. ( Finkelstein v. State Personnel Bd. (1990) 218 Cal.App.3d 264, 270, 267 Cal.Rptr. 133.) In the instant case, the circumstances dictate against the application of the rule.
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