Abstract
The article discusses the distinction between dependent and independent intervening causes, and its use by the courts in the U.S. It examines temporal concurrence of the wrongdoer's conduct; and U.S. Supreme Court case Utah v. Strieff in which the court declined to suppress evidence that the police had obtained as the result of an unlawful investigatory stop.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 77-101 |
Number of pages | 25 |
Journal | George Mason Law Review |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - Sep 1 2017 |
Keywords
- UNITED States. Supreme Court
- INTERVENING cause (Law)
- COURTS -- United States
- EVIDENCE (Law)
- CRIMINAL investigation