Is Denard's showing sufficient to overcome the exclusionary rule?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Torrence, A142592, A150186, A150345 (Cal. App. 2018):

It is highly doubtful that Denard's showing would have been sufficient to overcome the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. "Evidence obtained by police officers acting in reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued by a detached and neutral magistrate is ordinarily not excluded under the Fourth Amendment, even if a reviewing court ultimately determines the warrant is not supported by probable cause. [Citation.] This is commonly referred to as the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. However, the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule is inapplicable if 'the affidavit was " 'so lacking in indicia of probable cause' " that it would be " 'entirely unreasonable' " for an officer to believe such cause existed.' [Citation.] 'The question is whether "a well-trained officer should reasonably have known that the affidavit failed to establish probable cause (and hence that the officer should not have sought a warrant)." [Citation.] An officer applying for a warrant must exercise reasonable professional judgment and have a reasonable knowledge of what the law prohibits. [Citations.] If the officer "reasonably could have believed that the affidavit presented a close or debatable question on the issue of probable cause," the seized evidence need not be suppressed.' " (People v. Garcia (2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 715, 723.)

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