People v. Millan

Judicial regard for the effectiveness of a law enforcement practice in curtailing criminal activity does not excuse a court from carefully scrutinizing that practice for constitutional abuses, especially when it is apparent that a certain modus operandi is evolving which includes widespread, arbitrary and discriminatory intrusions upon the constitutionally protected civil liberties of our citizens. When confronted with such evidence a court is obliged not to shut its eyes and ears in honor of effective law enforcement, but must suppress any evidence seized as a result of such unconstitutional…