The Exclusionary Rule

The Exclusionary Rule The Effect of the Fourth Amendment is to put the courts of the United States and Federal officials, in the exercise of their own power and authority, under limitations and restraints as to the exercise of such power and authority, and to forever secure the people, their persons, houses, papers and effects against all unreasonable searches and seizures under the guise of law (Ronald 605). The Constitution does not tolerate warrantless, therefore illegal, …

… Abstract [online]. Available at http://oyez.nwu.edu/cases/cases.cgi?command= show&case_id=437&page=abstract Ronald J. Allen, Richard B. Kuhns, William J. Stuntz. Constitutional Criminal Procedure. An Examination of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments and Related Areas. Third Ed. Canada: Little, Brown & Company, 1995 Supreme Court Reporter, The. Lawyer's Edition: 1081-1101 Schmalleger, Frank. Criminal Justice Today. An Introductory Text for the 21st Century. Ed. 5 New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1999: 272-293