Powell v. Secretary of State

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• concluding that the Fourth Amendment’s exclusionary rule should not be applied to civil license suspensions
• concluding that “the fourth amendment’s exclusionary rule should not be applied[,]” in an administrative license suspension proceeding
• holding that because the petitioner did not raise the issue of “fair play” at the administrative level he had not preserved the issue for purposes of appeal
• holding that the exclusionary rule is not applicable in administrative license suspension hearings, noting that “a license suspension hearing is not a quasi-criminal proceeding, but rather a ‘reasonable regulatory measure to protect public safety.””
• reasoning that there was little deterrent effect on police conduct by excluding the evidence from remedial, non-punitive, administrative proceedings
• administrative hearing officer in license suspension pro ceeding need not “determine the legality of the stop or whether there was probable cause to stop the vehicle”

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