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United States v. Leon 468 U.S. 897, 104 S. Ct. 3405, 82 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1984) Facts: In Burbank, California the Police Department initiated a drug trafficking investigation (led on by a confidential informant), using surveillance to monitor Leon's day-to-day activities. Based on an affidavit summarizing the police officers' observations Officer Romback prepared an application for a warrant to search three residences and respondents' automobiles for an extensive list of items. Several Deputy District Attorneys reviewed the application, and a state court judge issued a facially valid search warrant. A large amount of drugs were seized and the defendant was charged with violations of federal drug-trafficking laws. At trial, the court granted the defendant's suppression motion because the warrant was not issued on probable cause. Particularly, the court found that the warrant contained allegations of an experimental informant and limited corroboration by the police. The court of appeals affirmed, based on refusal to accept a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule.
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