Does Connecticut have a good faith exception to the warrant requirement?

Does Connecticut have a good faith exception to the warrant requirement?

• A. No
• B. Yes
• C. It depends on the case
• D. Only for certain cases

Answer: (A)

The good faith exception lets evidence gathered under a warrant that later turns out defective still be admitted if police reasonably relied on that warrant. This doctrine comes from the U.S. Supreme Court and is applied in Connecticut as well, with standard limits: it generally applies unless the warrant was so lacking in probable cause that no reasonable officer would rely on it, or if investigators or the magistrate acted with misrepresentation or misconduct that undermines reliance, or if the magistrate’s decision was based on information police knew or should have known was false. So, Connecticut does have a good faith exception to the warrant requirement.

The good faith exception lets evidence gathered under a warrant that later turns out defective still be admitted if police reasonably relied on that warrant. This doctrine comes from the U.S. Supreme Court and is applied in Connecticut as well, with standard limits: it generally applies unless the warrant was so lacking in probable cause that no reasonable officer would rely on it, or if investigators or the magistrate acted with misrepresentation or misconduct that undermines reliance, or if the magistrate’s decision was based on information police knew or should have known was false. So, Connecticut does have a good faith exception to the warrant requirement.