United States v. Leon
Case Date: 05/06/1984
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United States v. Leon
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 17, 1984
Decided July 5, 1984
Full case name
United States v. Leon et al.
Prior history
Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
Subsequent history
701 F.2d 187, reversed.
Holding
Established that evidence obtained in good faith by police relying upon a search warrant that subsequently is found to be deficient may be used in a criminal trial.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority
White, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor
Dissent
Brennan, joined by Marshall, Stevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV
United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984)[1], was a search and seizure case in which the Supreme Court of the United States created the "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule.
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