Sentences with phrase «unconstitutional police conduct»

Third, and at issue here, is the attenuation doctrine: Evidence is admissible when the connection between unconstitutional police conduct and the evidence is remote or has been interrupted by some intervening circumstance, so that «the interest protected by the constitutional guarantee that has been violated would not be served by suppression of the evidence obtained.»

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They cited a two - year study conducted by UB and Cornell Law Schools that found that Buffalo police, especially Strike Force and Housing officers, engage in unconstitutional and discriminatory practices.
For example, where police use more force than necessary in conducting a search, a court may find the conduct of the search unreasonable and therefore unconstitutional.
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