The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Levine, 980 F.2d 739 (9th Cir. 1992):
Because we find no clear error in the magistrate's conclusion that probable cause existed for the search warrant, we need not determine whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule would apply in the absence of probable cause. See United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 922 (1984).
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