CJL-3510 Study Guide - Final Guide: Alford Plea, Jury Trial, Exclusionary Rule
13 Dec 2016
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Law in action: informal prosecutorial disclosure: discovery rules are important to defense attorneys b/c, save time, eases the attorney client relationship 3. It"s valid if it establishes a particular pattern like being a serial killer. Insanity plea: constitution limits reciprocal discovery, defense privilege against self incrimination. Law and controversy: requiring reciprocal disclosure: guiding principle, trial should be a level playing field, alibi defense, mandated enforcement of exclusionary rule to states, principle method to deter 4th amendment violations (illegal search and. Exceptions to exclusionary rule: know the four and what each is. Evidence that is tainted by a 4th amendment violation is admissible if it is also obtained from an independent source- a source that had nothing to do w/ the underlying constitutional violation. If evidence is obtained in a manner that is so far removed from a constitutional violation such that the initial illegality is sufficiently attenuated (meaning weakened), then the evidence is admissible.
