Due Process and Rights of the Accused Reading Check

Exclusionary rule

States that evidence the government finds or takes in violation of the Forth Amendment can be excluded from trial.

Inevitable Discovery

Applies to evidence police find in an unlawful search but would have eventually found in a later, lawful search.

Good Faith Exception

Addresses police searches under a court-issued warrant that is later proven unconstitutional or erroneous.

Metadata

The who, when, and for-how-long details of a communication, but not the actual conversation.

Public Safety Exception

Puts the protection of people before procedural protections for suspects.