GOOD-FAITH EXCEPTION

good-faith exception.Criminal procedure. An exception to the exclusionary rule whereby

evidence obtained under a warrant later found to be invalid (esp. because it is not supported by

probable cause) is nonetheless admissible if the police reasonably relied on the notion that the

warrant was valid. • The good-faith exception was adopted by the Supreme Court in United States

394. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405 (1984). [Cases: Criminal Law 394.4(6). C.J.S. Criminal

Law §§ 782–785.] [Blacks Law 8^th]