. Police detective Brenda Judd had a hunch that Beats, Inc., a retail seller of
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. Police detective Brenda Judd had a hunch that Beats, Inc., a retail seller of stereo equipment and related supplies, was involved in a drug-smuggling operation. In order to acquire evidence confirming her hunch, Judd posed as an ordinary consumer when she entered the Beats store. She slipped out of the “public” part of the store and proceeded down a hall to an office whose closed door was marked “Private. No Entry Without Authorization From Manager.” She entered the office which was unoccupied, looked through files, and located documentary evidence indicating that Beats was indeed involved in an illegal operation. The evidence obtained by Judd furnished the primary basis for drug-smuggling and drug-dealing charges that are now pending against Beats. Beats has filed a pretrial motion asking the court to suppress the evidence obtained by Judd in her search of the office. Should the evidence be suppressed? Why or why not?
Explanation / Answer
Yes, evidence should be suppressed.
Explanation;
As per information of the question it is clear that Brenda Judd collected evidence through wrong & unfair ways because Brenda Judd collected evidences from the office which is not open for public and it is clearly written on the office that it is only for use of authorized persons hence it is true that Brenda Judd is not authorized to collect evidences without having proper search warrant & search documents.
Every individual have full right of freedom & privacy so claim of Beats for suppressing the collected evidences looks fair and as per whole information of the question it is clear that Brenda Judd collected evidences through unfair means and process of evidence collection is a violation of privacy & violation of legal process of evidence collection. That is why court should suppress these evidences.
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