Does the exclusionary rule apply to evidence obtained in a search conducted by a private citizen?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Tavernetti v. Superior Court, San Diego County, 141 Cal.Rptr. 869, 75 Cal.App.3d 87 (Cal. App. 1977):

Since "(t)he exclusionary rule does not apply to evidence obtained in a search conducted by a person who is truly a private citizen" (Dyas v. Superior Court, 11 Cal.3d 628, 632, 114 Cal.Rptr. 114, 116, 522 P.2d

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