Commonwealth v. Updike’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on United States v. Leon · Schmerber v. State of California · Illinois v. Rodriguez · Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · Michigan v. Tyler
Most-quoted passages
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“Given the entanglement of privacy interests inherent in a blood test administered by the state, we decline to recognize a good[-]faith exception to the exclusionary rule, as it would frustrate the purpose of Article 1, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution by undermining privacy interests.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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