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Legal Citation: 468 U.S. 897 (1984)

Petitioner
United States

Respondent
Alberto Antonio Leon

Petitioner's Claim
Evidence obtained through use of a search warrant subsequently judged to be defective should be admissible in court.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Rex E. Lee, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Barry Tarlow, Roger L. Cossack

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
5 July 1984

Decision
Evidence obtained under a search warrant subsequently ruled defective may still be admissible in...