Silver Platter Doctrine in the United States
Silver Platter Doctrine
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 598 SILVER PLATTER DOCTRINEweeks v. united states (1914) , which formulated the exclusionary rule for federal prosecutions, made an exception for evidence seized by state officers in searches that did not meet fourth amendment standards. The evidence was usable in a federal trial when it was handed by
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