Court Opinion

ID: 9663231
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:32:35.08381+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:35:34.950515
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Boslaugh, J.,
dissenting in part.
In United States v. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531, 95 S. Ct. 2313, 45 L. Ed. 2d 374 (1975), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the decision in Almeida-Sanchez v. United States, 413 U.S. 266, 93 S. Ct. 2535, 37 L. Ed. 2d 596 (1973), was not applicable to a search made prior to the date of that decision, even though the defendant’s appeal was pending at the time of that decision.
The Court noted that since the purpose of the exclusionary rule was to deter unlawful police conduct, evidence should be suppressed only if it can be said the law. enforcement officer might properly be charged with knowledge that the search was unconstitutional. See, also, Annot., 65 L. Ed. 2d 1219 (1981).
A similar rule should apply to the Payton case, which was decided after the arrest in this case took place.