Does the exclusionary rule apply in the context of search warrants?

The trial court concluded in the alternative that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applied. In United States v. Leon (1984) 468 U.S. 897 [82 L.Ed.2d 677] (Leon), "the high court held that where police officers act in objectively reasonable reliance on a search warrant that is issued by a detached and neutral magistrate but is

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later found to be invalid for lack of probable cause, the deterrent effect of exclusion is insufficient to warrant the exclusionary rule's application." (People v. Willis (2002) 28 Cal.4th 22, 30, italics added.)