United States v. Wilks, Jr., No. 09-5166 (4th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. At issue was whether the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule permitted the admission of evidence obtained by a police officer who conducted a search in objectively reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent that was later overruled. The Supreme Court resolved this issue in Davis v. United States, holding that "searches conducted in objectively reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent are not subject to the exclusionary rule." Because the district court's decision in this case granting the motion to suppress by defendant was inconsistent with Davis, the court vacated the district court's judgment and remanded for further proceedings.
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