Oral Arguments in 4th Amendment Case Today

Hudson v. Michigan

Docket:04-1360

Term: 05-06

Appealed From: Michigan Court of Appeals (April 13, 2005)

Oral Argument: 01-09-06

Subject:4th Amendment, knock and announce, exclusionary rule

Question presented: Does the inevitable discovery doctrine create a per se exception to the exclusionary rule for evidence seized after a 4th Amendment "knock and announce" violation, as the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court have held, or is evidence subject to suppression after such violations, as the 6th and 8th Circuits, the Arkansas Supreme Court and the Maryland Court of Appeals have held?  More . . . [Mark Godsey]