How have the courts interpreted the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule in denying a motion to suppress seized evidence?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S.A v. Clark, No. 09-3462-cr (2nd Cir. 2011):

In sum, because the warrant affidavit was not completely bare bones, because the issuing judge was told the premises to be searched was a multi-family dwelling, because control can be a factor relevant to assessing probable cause to search the whole of such premises, and because the need to support an allegation of control with descriptive facts was not previously established in precedent, we conclude that the application was not "so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render official belief in its existence entirely unreasonable." United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. at 923 (internal quotation marks omitted). Accordingly, the government is entitled to claim the benefit of the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule, and defendant's motion to suppress seized evidence should have been denied.

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