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S. 2304 (97th)

A bill to amend title 18 to limit the application of the exclusionary rule.

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30 March 1982

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Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of the Attorney General.

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Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that evidence obtained by a search or seizure shall not be excluded in a Federal proceeding if the seizure was undertaken in a reasonable good faith belief in its conformity with the fourth amendment to the Constitution or if the exclusion would constitute a grave miscarriage of justice. Provides that evidence obtained in accordance with a warrant is prima facie evidence of good faith, absent intentional and material misrepresentation.

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