People v. Camarella

Opinion

LUCAS, C. J.

I. Introduction

We granted review to resolve a split of authority in the Courts of Appeal regarding interpretation of the so-called “good faith” exception to the *596exclusionary rule, as set out in United States v. Leon (1984) 468 U.S. 897 [82 L.Ed.2d 677, 104 S.Ct. 3405] (Leon). By virtue of California Constitution, article I, section 28, subdivision (d), the issue is purely one of federal constitutional law. (See In re Lance W. (1985) 37 Cal.3d 873, 886-887 [210 Cal.Rptr. 631, 694 P.2d 744].)

In Leon, the high court held “the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule should be…