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SCOTUSBlog: Previewing Davis v. U.S. on Gant good faith

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Argument preview: Police and changing law on SCOTUSBlog about Monday's oral argument in Davis v. United States: The Court hears oral argument Monday on prosecutors’ use of evidence that was legal for police to seize when they did, but later became illegal. The case is another sequel to the Court’s ruling in Arizona v. Gant (2009). At 10 a.m. Monday, the Supreme Court will hold one hour or oral argument on Davis v. U.S. (09-11328), another test of the scope of the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment. Arguing for Willie Gene Davis of Greenville, Ala., will be Orin S. Kerr, a George Washington University law professor in Washington, D.C. Arguing for the federal government will be Deputy U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 19, 2011 (boomark / email).