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The exemption allows evidence collected in violation of Privacy Rights as interpreted from the Fourth Amendment to be admitted at Trial if Police Officer s acting in Good Faith (''bona fides'')—that is, they had reason to believe their actions are legal (measured under the Reasonable Person test). The rule was established in the two '' (468 U.S. 902) and '' Massachusetts V. Sheppard '' (468 U.S. 981). The exception permits the courts to consider the mental state of the police officer. |
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