Does the exclusionary rule apply to suppress evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Smith, 967 F.3d 198 (2nd Cir. 2020):
Not every violation of the Fourth Amendment justifies invocation of the exclusionary rule to require suppression of evidence. As we have recently noted, "the exclusionary rule is a judicially-created mechanism of safeguarding against unreasonable searches and seizuresviolations of the Fourth Amendmentprimarily through its deterrent effect." United States v. Hightower , 950 F.3d 33, 36 (2d Cir. 2020) (per curiam ).
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