Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole v. Scott

This ease presents the question whether the exclusionary-rule, which generally prohibits the introduction at criminal trial of evidence obtained in violation of a defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights, applies in parole revocation hearings. We hold that it does not.

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Respondent Keith M. Scott pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of third-degree murder and was sentenced to a prison *360term of 10 to 20 years, beginning on March 31, 1983. On September 1, 1993, just months after completing the minimum sentence, respondent was released on parole. One of the conditions of respondent’s parole was that he…