The good faith exception to the search warrant was recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984 in United States v. Leon.

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The good faith exception to the exclusionary rule, which allows evidence collected in violation of privacy rights to be admitted in court if police officers were acting on a mistakenly issued or defective search warrant, was recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1984 case United States v. Leon.

The Good Faith Exception to the Search Warrant Was Recognized