The Exclusionary Rule and its Discontents: State v. Rogers and the Good Faith Exception
Published for NC Criminal Law on November 11, 2025.
Fourth Amendment rights are enforced primarily through the exclusionary rule, which provides that evidence derived from an unconstitutional search or seizure is generally inadmissible at trial. Under the good faith exception, however, evidence will not be suppressed when the investigating officer reasonably relied upon prior judicial authorization for the search, such as a subsequently invalidated ... Read more
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