PEOPLE v. CAMARELLA

Docket No. S017787.

54 Cal.3d 592 (1991)

818 P.2d 63

286 Cal. Rptr. 780

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT ANTHONY CAMARELLA, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Newsom, Giffen & Bacon, Newsom & Giffen and Brennan J. Newsom for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Steve White, Richard B. Iglehart and George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Arnold O. Overoye and Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorneys General, Thomas Y. Shigemoto, Michael Weinberger and Carlos A. Martinez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Kent S. Scheidegger, Hunton & Williams and R. Hewitt Pate as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

I. Introduction

We granted review to resolve a split of authority in the Courts of Appeal regarding interpretation of the so-called "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule, as set out in United States v. Leon (1984) 468 U.S. 897 [82 L.Ed.2d 677, 104 S.Ct. 3405] (Leon). By virtue...

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