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In United States v. Leon, the police secured and executed a warrant, seizing cash and narcotics. In response to the defendant's motion to suppress the evidence, the federal district court found that the affidavit supporting the warrant failed to establish the informant's reliability and credibility and did not constitute probable cause. When heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court:


A) Held that the police acted in reasonably good faith reliance on the warrant and that excluding the evidence would be an extreme sanction and was inappropriate
B) Held that the officers who secured the warrant carried out a thorough and responsible investigation and reasonably believed that the search of the home pursuant to a warrant was founded on probable cause
C) Held that if the officers been properly trained, they would have known that the search was illegal
D) All of the above
E) Only a and b

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