The exclusionary rule only operates when illegal searches actually produce evidence.

Evidence

If police illegally ransack a person’s house and find evidence of criminality, that evidence is excluded at trial. But if they discover no evidence of crime, thereasnovevidence’to exclude and™ . — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1854

Categorization

• QUESTION: The excerpt is truncated by OCR garble at the end; verify the full sentence against the print edition before relying on it.
• XREF: connects to: Evidence reliability does not affect admissibility under the exclusionary rule — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1846; Absence of evidence counts as evidence only when a competent, resourced search was conducted — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1079; The exclusionary rule only restores the position the government would occupy without the illegality

Broader Connections

• Evidence reliability does not affect admissibility under the exclusionary rule #contradicts (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1846
• The exclusionary rule only restores the position the government would occupy without the illegality #corroborates (1.00)
• Absence of evidence counts as evidence only when a competent, resourced search was conducted #complicates (0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1079