California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kaplan v. Superior Court of Orange County, 15 Cal.App.3d 785, 93 Cal.Rptr. 482 (Cal. App. 1971):
'When, * * * the very purpose of an illegal search and seizure is to get evidence to introduce at a trial, the success of the lawless venture depends entirely on the court's lending its aid by allowing the evidence to be introduced. * * *. Out of regard for its own dignity as an agency of justice and custodian of liberty the court should not have a hand in such 'dirty business'. [Citation.]' (People v. Cahan, supra, 44 Cal.2d at p. 445, 282 P.2d at p. 912.)
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