Is fingerprint evidence in a state court admissible in a search and seizure case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gates v. Henderson, 568 F.2d 830 (2nd Cir. 1978):
(I)n Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 655 (81 S.Ct. 1684, 6 L.Ed.2d 1081) (1961), we held that "all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by that same authority, inadmissible in a state court." (Italics supplied.) Fingerprint evidence is no exception to this comprehensive rule.
394 U.S. at 724, 89 S.Ct. at 1396.
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