Vermont Supreme Court Applies Exclusionary Rule in Roving Patrol Case

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Bender’s Immigration Bulletin on an important Vermont Supreme Court decision (Vermont v. Walker-Brazie), with a passionate dissent, applying the exclusionary rule in a state criminal prosecution based on evidence secured by U.S. border officers in a roving patrol along the northern U.S. border with Canada.  The court’s holding was based on teh Vermont Constitution.

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