Evidence found anyway
Ditto v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Charles Ditto asked the Supreme Court to review whether courts may use a “reasonable probability” test to decide if unlawfully obtained evidence would have been found lawfully anyway, under the inevitable-discovery exception to the rule barring such evidence.
- Who it affects
- Ditto did not get Supreme Court review in this case, and the Court did not decide whether the Ninth Circuit's test is allowed.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
The dispute concerns a rule that can allow evidence if it would have been found lawfully anyway (the inevitable-discovery exception).
Question presented
Whether lower courts may apply a “reasonable probability” standard in evaluating the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule?
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