Arizona v. Evans
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Arizona v. Evans is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained through an arrest based on erroneous computer records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arizona v. Evans canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| category |
1995 in United States case law
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United States Fourth Amendment case law ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citation | 514 U.S. 1 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1995-03-01 ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 93-1660 ⓘ |
| extendedDoctrine | good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| factSummary |
A search incident to Evans’s arrest produced marijuana, which he sought to suppress as the fruit of an unlawful arrest.
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Police stopped Isaac Evans for a traffic violation and arrested him based on a computer record indicating an outstanding misdemeanor warrant that had actually been quashed. ⓘ |
| fullName | Arizona v. Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
The exclusionary rule does not require suppression of evidence seized incident to an arrest based on erroneous computer information resulting from clerical errors of court employees.
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The good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies when police reasonably rely on inaccurate computer records caused by court personnel. ⓘ |
| impact |
Clarified limits of the exclusionary rule in the context of clerical errors in court computer systems.
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Expanded the scope of the good-faith exception beyond police warrant application errors to include reliance on court-maintained computer records. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| legalIssue |
Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule
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effect of erroneous computer records on suppression of evidence ⓘ good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| page | 1 ⓘ |
| petitioner | State of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proceduralHistory | The Arizona Court of Appeals ordered suppression of the evidence; the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed. ⓘ |
| reasoningSummary |
The Court concluded that excluding evidence in these circumstances would not significantly deter future errors by court clerical staff.
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The Court emphasized that the exclusionary rule is designed to deter police misconduct, not errors by court employees. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Herring v. United States
NERFINISHED
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United States v. Leon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Isaac Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateLawContext | Arizona criminal procedure ⓘ |
| stateParty | Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volume | 514 ⓘ |
| vote | 7-2 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1995 ⓘ |
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