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The “Leon” exception to the warrant requirement allows

Searches don’t always involve touching a person or property.

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court hold that the government’s installation of a GPS device on a target’s vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a “search” under the Fourth Amendment?

This states that evidence that is illegally obtained may be admitted if the causal connection between the government’s wrongful conduct and the resulting evidence has been severed by an intervening event.

An officer chasing a suspect does not have to stop at their door—they can continue on to catch the suspect. This is known as

Illegally obtained evidence may be admitted if the causal connection between the government’s wrongful conduct and the resulting evidence has been severed by an intervening event.

An officer must knock and announce themself before entering a person’s home to execute a warrant unless

One party may consent to the search of another party’s area provided

This does not ever alone justify a Terry stop. 

This case has to do with the conduct of the government being outrageous, shocking, and a gross violation of defendant’s constitutional rights.