U.S. v. Leon, No. 82-1771 (U.S. Supreme Court) (468 U.S. 897; 104 S.Ct. 3405) (July 5, 1984) (Justice White)
In this case the Court modified the exclusionary rule so as not to bar from admission evidence obtained by officers that was "seized in reasonable, good-faith reliance on a search warrant that is subsequently held to be defective." (Id., at 905). The test for whether this good faith exception to ...
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