State v. Hess

¶ 1. The issue presented in this case is whether the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule permits the use of evidence obtained by a law enforcement officer in his execution of an arrest warrant that was void from the beginning because the warrant had no basis in fact or law. The State contends that suppression of evidence from a warrant issued solely as a result of judicial error would not further the purposes of the exclusionary rule.

¶ 2. We conclude that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule does not apply to a situation in which: (1) no facts existed that would justify…