Editing Search and seizure (section)

====Exclusionary rule====
The primary remedy in illegal search cases is known as the "[[exclusionary rule]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Loewenthal|first1=Milton A.|title=Evaluating the Exclusionary Rule in Search and Seizure|journal=Anglo-American Law Review|date=1 October 1980|volume=9|issue=4|page=238|doi=10.1177/147377958000900403|s2cid=157351521}}</ref> This means that any evidence obtained through an illegal search is excluded and cannot be used against the defendant at his or her trial. There are some narrow exceptions to this rule.  For instance, if police officers acted in good faith—perhaps pursuant to a warrant that turned out to be invalid, but that the officers had believed valid at the time of the search—evidence may be admitted.