California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Camacho, 23 Cal.4th 824, 3 P.3d 878, 98 Cal.Rptr.2d 232 (Cal. 2000):
2. In addition, respondent contends "`suppression of the evidence here would contribute nothing to the goals of deterring police misconduct.'" (Quoting People v. Little (1973) 33 Cal.App.3d 552, 557, 109 Cal.Rptr. 196.) We disagree: Suppression of the evidence will tend to discourage police officers from engaging in warrantless nighttime intrusions into the yards of citizens and peering into the private areas of homes when police have no objective evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
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