Legal Opinion
United States v. Conrad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2012No. 10-2001PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGNUS-STINSON, District Judge.
If ordered, suppression of unconstitutionally obtained evidence can permit “[t]he criminal ... to go free because the constable has blundered.” People v. Defore, 242 N.Y. 13, 150 N.E. 585, 587 (1926) (Cardozo, J.). Given a blunder that the Government does not dispute here, Defendant David Conrad argues that the district court should have suppressed all the evidence of child pornography that was recovered following an illegal entry into his *730father’s home.1 As we explain below, however, the district court correctly denied exclusion of evidence obtained from Mr.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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