In the case of ____________, a judge improperly issued a search warrant that led to the police seizing evidence from a suspect. Though the seizure was illegal, the officer was acting in good faith and the evidence was still allowed to be used against the suspect. This helped establish the Good Faith Doctrine.

Question

a
Katz vs United States 1967
b
County of Riverside vs McLaughlin 1991
c
United States vs Leon 1984
d
Weeks vs United States 1914

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

c. United States vs Leon 1984

This case helped establish the Good Faith Doctrine, which allows evidence obtained through a search warrant that is later found to be invalid to still be admissible in court if the officers were acting in good faith.