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DAVIS v. U.S.

No. 09-11328.

131 S.Ct. 2419 (2011)

564 U.S. 229

180 L.Ed.2d 285

Willie Gene DAVIS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orin S. Kerr , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Michael R. Dreeben , for Respondent.

William W. Whatley, Jr. , Montgomery, AL, Orin S. Kerr, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Neal Kumar Katyal , Acting Solicitor General, Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, John M. Pellettieri , Washington, D.C., for United States.

Justice ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Fourth Amendment protects the right to be free from "unreasonable searches and seizures," but it is silent about how this right is to be enforced. To supplement the bare text, this Court created the exclusionary rule, a deterrent sanction that bars the prosecution from introducing evidence obtained by way of a Fourth Amendment violation. The question here is whether to apply this sanction when the police conduct...

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