Court Opinion

ID: 9884745
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 03:10:19.219055+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:40.382099
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Ward, also dissenting: It is certainly contemplated that testimony or other evidence to be offered in a judicial proceeding shall be truthful, and a finding reflects confidence in and reliance on the evidence. I consider a corollary of this is that if false evidence has been presented it may be exposed, so that an erroneous finding may be set aside. It seems to me that the integrity of the search warrant procedure requires that one who complains that false evidence has been introduced to his detriment should be given an opportunity to show this. To me, a refusal, though well intentioned, to permit such a showing diminishes the judicial process. The position taken by the majority avoids admittedly troublesome problems, but another consequence is that we sacrifice something of first importance.