Search & Seizure – Applicability of Exclusionary Rule: Private Government Search, Generally – Burden of Proof

by admin on February 15, 2008

State v. Willie B. Cole, 2008 WI App 178
For Cole: Scott A. Szabrowicz

Issue/Holding: The exclusionary rule applies only to government action, not private searches, ¶12. If the State asserts that the action was private in nature the burden shifts to the defendant to prove by governmental involvement, preponderance of evidence, id.

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