ed through some independent lawful means.In Segura v. United States,16 officers illegally entered the defendant's premises without a warrant. The Supreme Court ruled that the evidence seen in plain view during the illegal entry should not have been suppressed because it ultimately was seized later during the execution of a valid search warrant. The warrant was based on information independent of the information acquired during the illegal entry.CONCLUSIONThe primary purpose of the exclusionary rule is to deter illegal police conduct by excluding from evidence the fruits of that conduct. The exclusionary rule puts the government in the same position it would have been had there been no illegal conduct in the first place. The inevitable discovery exception ensures that the exclusionary rule does not go beyond that limited goal of deterring illegal police conduct by allowing into evidence those items that the police would have discovered legally anyway. ...
