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Originally Posted by DenverChief
well right it basically excludes all evidence of a crime obtained through and illegal search and seizure ...well isn't an unlawful arrest an illegal seizure? held to the states by the 14th amendment?
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Maybe I'm mistaken here, but my interpretation is that while the arrest was unlawful according to state law, it wasn't unlawful according to the US Constitution. Since no (federal) Constitutional right was violated, no protection was offered by it.