O'CONNOR v. MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

No. F029232.

76 Cal.Rptr.2d 138 (1998)

James O'CONNOR, Petitioner, v. MADERA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, Respondent, The People, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

Review Denied October 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ilan Funke-Bilu, San Luis Obispo, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Margaret Venturi and Susan J. Orton, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

ARDAIZ, Presiding Justice.

In this case of first impression, we hold that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule, recognized in United States v. Leon (1984) 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (Leon), applies to the requirement that a search warrant be issued by a "neutral and detached" magistrate. In the unpublished...

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