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) |
|---|---|
| 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