When will a federal court order the exclusion of evidence that has been obtained unconstitutionally?
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The following excerpt is from Gilbert v. United States, 366 F.2d 923 (9th Cir. 1966):
3 Holt held that the constitutional issue need not be decided since the federal courts were not required to exclude evidence even if unconstitutionally obtained a doctrine subsequently rejected in Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383, 34 S.Ct. 341, 58 L.Ed. 652 (1914).
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