1. Look at below for an example of the case briefing. All seven categories mu

1.
Look at below for an
example of the case briefing. All seven categories must be on in project
sheets for each case. Examples are
in red!
Case
Briefing
1.
Case
Title: United States v Leon (The Name of the Case)
2.
Citation: 468 U.S. 897 (List all case
numbers assigned to the Case)
104
S. Ct. 3405
82
L. Ed. 2d 677
1984
U. S. Lexis 153
3.
Year
Decided: 1984 (List the year of the decision in the case)
4.
Facts: (This is the facts of the
actual case or what happened in the case)
Burbank, California police seized a large quantity of drugs from
three separate residences based upon information received from a confidential
informant and utilized for the search warrant to satisfy the probable cause
need. Defendants made motion to suppress evidence from the search warrant and
the District Court agreed that the state case was insufficient in establishing
probable cause; therefore the exclusionary rule should apply. The Court of
Appeals denied motion for making a good-faith exception to the exclusionary
rule.
5. Issue or Issues: (This should be formed as a question. What Constitutional issue
or right was at question in this case). Should there be a modification of the exclusionary
rule to accept evidence seized in good faith from, an otherwise unknown to the
officer or mistake of the judge, invalid search warrant? Yes
6. Court Decision: (This what did the
court decide in the case)
The U. S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that denied a motion for issuance of a good faith
exception to the exclusionary rule for the government.
7. Holding :
(This is what the decision does to laws or policy)
The original intent of the exclusionary rule was to prohibit police
misconduct. Officers did not commit police misconduct with the information
presented to the judge for the affidavit and the judge accepted such
information to be true according to the law at the time so evidence should be
admitted. A mistake occurred by the judge not having the confidential
informant’s information corroborated and establishing the reliability or
creditability of the informant. Therefore, evidence obtained was done so in a
good faith execution of the warrant.
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information.
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