Washington Supreme Court Declines to Expand Scope of Attenuation Doctrine Under State Constitution and Reverses Murder Conviction Based on Unlawfully Seized
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The Supreme Court of Washington clarified the scope of the attenuation doctrine under Article I, § 7 of the Washington Constitution, holding that the doctrine applies only when an event supersedes the original tainted police conduct to produce new evidence used in a warrant application but not when …
