Commonwealth v. Edmunds

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

I. HISTORY OF THE CASE

The issue presented to this court is whether Pennsylvania should adopt the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule as articulated by the United States Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984). We conclude that a “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule would frustrate the guarantees embodied in Article I, Section 8, of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Accordingly, the decision of the Superior Court is reversed.

The defendant in the instant case was found guilty…