In Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968), the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution permits a law enforcement officer to stop, detain and frisk persons who are suspected of criminal activity without first obtaining their consent even [...]
The exclusionary rule is based on federal constitutional law. It excludes evidence obtained in violation of a criminal defendant’s Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement officers. If the search of a criminal suspect is unreasonable, the evidence obtained in the search will be excluded from trial. Before the exclusionary rule [...]