Arizona v. Evans
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Arizona v. Evans is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained through an arrest based on erroneous computer records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arizona v. Evans canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5770517 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arizona v. Evans Context triple: [United States v. Leon, subsequentCitationBy, Arizona v. Evans]
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Arizona v. Johnson
Arizona v. Johnson is a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified police authority to frisk passengers during lawful traffic stops when officers reasonably suspect they are armed and dangerous.
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B.
Arizona v. United States
Arizona v. United States is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority over immigration enforcement by affirming broad federal power in this area.
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C.
Virginia v. Black
Virginia v. Black is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a ban on cross burning carried out with intent to intimidate while clarifying the limits of First Amendment protection for hate speech and symbolic expression.
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D.
Oregon v. Elstad
Oregon v. Elstad is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that a suspect’s later, properly Mirandized confession can be admissible even if an earlier unwarned statement was obtained in violation of Miranda.
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E.
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the scope of federal protections against voting discrimination, particularly under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arizona v. Evans Target entity description: Arizona v. Evans is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained through an arrest based on erroneous computer records.
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A.
Arizona v. Johnson
Arizona v. Johnson is a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified police authority to frisk passengers during lawful traffic stops when officers reasonably suspect they are armed and dangerous.
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B.
Arizona v. United States
Arizona v. United States is a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited state authority over immigration enforcement by affirming broad federal power in this area.
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C.
Virginia v. Black
Virginia v. Black is a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a ban on cross burning carried out with intent to intimidate while clarifying the limits of First Amendment protection for hate speech and symbolic expression.
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D.
Oregon v. Elstad
Oregon v. Elstad is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that a suspect’s later, properly Mirandized confession can be admissible even if an earlier unwarned statement was obtained in violation of Miranda.
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E.
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the scope of federal protections against voting discrimination, particularly under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| category |
1995 in United States case law
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United States Fourth Amendment case law ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| citation | 514 U.S. 1 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1995-03-01 ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 93-1660 ⓘ |
| extendedDoctrine | good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| factSummary |
A search incident to Evans’s arrest produced marijuana, which he sought to suppress as the fruit of an unlawful arrest.
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Police stopped Isaac Evans for a traffic violation and arrested him based on a computer record indicating an outstanding misdemeanor warrant that had actually been quashed. ⓘ |
| fullName | Arizona v. Evans ⓘ |
| holding |
The exclusionary rule does not require suppression of evidence seized incident to an arrest based on erroneous computer information resulting from clerical errors of court employees.
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The good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies when police reasonably rely on inaccurate computer records caused by court personnel. ⓘ |
| impact |
Clarified limits of the exclusionary rule in the context of clerical errors in court computer systems.
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Expanded the scope of the good-faith exception beyond police warrant application errors to include reliance on court-maintained computer records. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| legalIssue |
Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule
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effect of erroneous computer records on suppression of evidence ⓘ good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| page | 1 ⓘ |
| petitioner |
State of Arizona
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linked to:
Arizona
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| proceduralHistory | The Arizona Court of Appeals ordered suppression of the evidence; the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed. ⓘ |
| reasoningSummary |
The Court concluded that excluding evidence in these circumstances would not significantly deter future errors by court clerical staff.
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The Court emphasized that the exclusionary rule is designed to deter police misconduct, not errors by court employees. ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Herring v. United States
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United States v. Leon ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | exclusionary rule ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Isaac Evans ⓘ |
| stateLawContext | Arizona criminal procedure ⓘ |
| stateParty | Arizona ⓘ |
| volume | 514 ⓘ |
| vote | 7-2 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1995 ⓘ |
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Subject: Arizona v. Evans Description of subject: Arizona v. Evans is a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained through an arrest based on erroneous computer records.
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