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  2. Exclusionary rule - Wikipedia

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    The exclusionary rule does not apply in a civil case, in a grand jury proceeding, or in a parole revocation hearing.. The law in force at the time of the police action, not the time of the attempt to introduce the evidence, controls whether the action is illegal for exclusionary rule purposes.

  3. Murray v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Murray v. United States, 487 U.S. 533 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court decision that created the modern "independent source doctrine" exception to the exclusionary rule. The exclusionary rule makes most evidence gathered through violations of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution inadmissible in criminal trials as ...

  4. Davis v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229 (good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule) Davis v. United States, 512 U.S. 452 (invocation of the right to counsel under Miranda) Davis v. United States, 495 U.S. 472 (charitable deductions under §170 of the Internal Revenue Code) Davis v. United States (1974), 417 U.S. 333; Davis v.

  5. United States v. Leon - Wikipedia

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    The exclusionary rule was part and parcel of the Fourth Amendment’s limitation upon governmental encroachment of individual privacy. The Court’s only support for its decision is that even though the costs of exclusion are not very substantial, the potential deterrent effect in these circumstances is so marginal that exclusion cannot be ...

  6. Inevitable discovery - Wikipedia

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    In adopting the inevitable discovery doctrine in Nix, the Supreme Court discussed the basic reasoning underlying the doctrine.The rationale behind the inevitable discovery exception is the flip side to that underlying the exclusionary rule—the exclusionary rule's purpose is to deter police from violating constitutional and statutory rights.

  7. Accounting magic: Suspend one rule and watch banking woes ...

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    The dire financial condition of the biggest U.S. banks has inspired a lot of talk about nationalization in recent weeks. It has also stoked a long-running argument over an accounting rule that ...

  8. Elkins v. United States - Wikipedia

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    United States (1914), [2] has been enforced by the exclusionary rule, which excludes most evidence gathered through Fourth Amendment violations from criminal trials. While Wolf v. Colorado (1949) [3] had held the amendment to apply to the states, a process known as incorporation, the exclusionary rule had explicitly not been incorporated by the ...

  9. Is mark-to-market accounting rule driving financial crisis? - AOL

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    The key rule in question is the mark-to-market rule of the FASB (FAS 157) that became effective in 2007. Those in favor of this rule believe mark-to-market accounting provides vital insight into a ...