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Ed Bryant: “The Supreme Court. We are just expanding what they are doing to allow for this reasonable mistake on the part of the…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
The Supreme Court. We are just expanding what they are doing to allow for this reasonable mistake on the part of the police officer in gathering evidence. If he makes a reasonable mistake in good faith, that is subject to the same exclusionary rule possibility, but a third party, a judge, provides an objective standard and decides whether that comes in or not. But again, it allows for a reasonable mistake and does not punish society by excluding or keeping away that evidence from the jury.
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Ed Bryant
Tennessee

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Discussing the implications of a Supreme Court decision on police evidence gathering.

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