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What case shows how the exclusionary rule works?

Can you find a case where evidence obtained by a security guard, bounty hunter etc. was used to convict?

I need 2 cases that show how the exclusionary rule (evidence obtained by a person who is not law enforcement is admissible in court even if it's an illegal search since it wasn't done by a cop) was used to convict a person of a crime.

I'm studying the case of Burdeau v. McDowell and how the U.S. Supreme Court ruled any incriminating evidence that is obtained during an illegal search by any non-law enforcement private party, security officer, bounty hunter and the like, is admissible in criminal and civil court.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Weeks v. United States created the Exclusionary Rule,

    Mapp v. Ohio made it applicable at the state level.

    Also, try searching the Exclusionary Rule's other name, the "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine"

    Source(s): 17 years law enforcement
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