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Supreme Court of Iowa· 10/22/1997

State v. Seager

Citations

  • 571 N.W.2d 204
  • 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 280
  • 1997 WL 672079

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding “the exclusionary rule does not apply and the district court erred in sustaining the defendant’s motion to suppress” where evidence was obtained pursuant to a search warrant untainted by illegal activity
  • holding “the exclusionary rule does not apply and the district court erred in sustaining the defendant’s motion to suppress” where evidence was obtained pursuant to a search warrant untainted by illegal activity
  • noting that waiver is defined as an “intentional relinquishment of a known right”
  • discussing the “independent source” and “inevitable discovery” exceptions essentially as extensions of the attenuation doctrine because both exceptions apply to situations where “it is possible to remove the taint of a prior illegality”
  • “Similarly, if the evidence ‘ultimately or inevitably would have been discovered by lawful means,’ the exclusionary rule serves no purpose and does not apply.” (quoting Nix, 467 U.S. at 444, 104 S. Ct. at 2509)
  • “Similarly, if the evidence ‘ultimately or inevitably would have been discovered by lawful means,’ the exclusionary rule serves no purpose and does not apply.” (quoting Nix, 467 U.S. at 444, 104 S. Ct. at 2509)

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Judges: Andreasen, Harris, McGIVERIN, Neuman, Ternus

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