In the last 3 decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has relied on the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule to uphold the constitutionality of searches in five circumstances. These include all of the following, except:

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The good faith exception to the exclusionary rule does not apply when law enforcement relies on a statute that had been declared unconstitutional before the warrant was issued. This exception generally allows evidence to be admitted if law enforcement officers were acting on what they reasonably believed was a valid warrant, assurance from a judge, or consent from someone they thought had the authority to give it, even if it later turns out there was a mistake.

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