What is the test for evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hackett, 115 Cal.App.3d 592, 171 Cal.Rptr. 320 (Cal. App. 1981):
Evidence obtained in violation of Fourth Amendment constitutional guarantees is inadmissible. (People v. Cahan (1955) 44 Cal.2d 434, 445, 282 P.2d 905.) Any criminal defendant brought before a
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