Is the good faith rule an exception to the warrant requirement?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Arredondo, 199 Cal.Rptr.3d 563, 245 Cal.App.4th 186 (Cal. App. 2016):

The "good faith" rule is not an exception to the warrant requirement but a limitation on the exclusionary rule, which generally bars the state from introducing, in a criminal prosecution, evidence obtained in violation of the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights. (See Arizona v. Evans (1995) 514 U.S. 1, 1011, 115 S.Ct. 1185, 131 L.Ed.2d 34.) The limitation originated in

[199 Cal.Rptr.3d 580]

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