Arizona v. Evans

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Arizona v. Evans
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 7, 1994 Decided March 1, 1995
Full case name	State of Arizona v. Isaac Evans
Citations	514 U.S. 1 (more) 115 S. Ct. 1185; 131 L. Ed. 2d 34
Case history
Prior	Motion to suppress granted by trial court. Arizona Court of Appeals reverses 172 Ariz. 314, 317, 836 P.2d 1024, 1027 (1992). Arizona Supreme Court reverses. 177 Ariz. 201, 866 P.2d at 871 (1994).
Holding
The exclusionary rule does not apply when an error in a warrant, or the misrepresented existence of a warrant, occurs due to the actions of personnel not enforcing the law, such as Court Clerks.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Breyer
Concurrence	O'Connor, joined by Souter, Breyer
Concurrence	Souter, joined by Breyer
Dissent	Stevens
Dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Stevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Arizona v. Evans, 514 U.S. 1 (1995), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court instituted an exclusionary rule exception allowing evidence obtained through a warrantless search to be valid when a police record erroneously indicates the existence of an outstanding warrant due to negligent conduct of a Clerk of Court.