Supreme Court of California

The "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule does not apply, under the circumstances, to evidence discovered during a warrantless search conducted by parole agents and police officers, under the erroneous belief that defendant was out on parole and thus subject to a warrantless search condition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/03/2002
• Published 06/03/2002

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Carlo Andreani, San Francisco, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Daniel J. Tokaji for ACLU of Southern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Stan Cross and Patrick J. Whalen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.