Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229 (2011), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States "[held] that searches conducted in objectively reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent are not subject to the exclusionary rule".[1] This simply means that if law enforcement officers conduct a search in a reasonable manner with respect to established legal precedent any evidence found may not be excluded from trial based on the exclusionary rule.
| Davis v. United States | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Argued March 21, 2011 Decided June 16, 2011 | |
| Full case name | Willie Gene Davis v. United States |
| Docket no. | 09-11328 |
| Citations | 564 U.S. 229 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2419; 180 L. Ed. 2d 285 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Davis, No. 2:07-cr-0248-WKW, 2008 WL 1927377 (M.D. Ala. 2008) (denying motion to suppress), aff'd, 598 F.3d 1259 (11th Cir. 2010), cert. granted, 131 S. Ct. 502 (2010). |
| Holding | |
| |
| Court membership | |
| |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Kagan |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor |
| Dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. IV | |
See also
References
External links
- Text of Davis v. United States, 564 U.S. 229 (2011) is available from: Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)