U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 17, 2023
JUDGING BAD GUYS. Part V: The Supreme Court nails the bad guy
This was the first case in which the Supreme Court adopted the “inevitable discovery” rule. Would they have done so if they were not out to get a Bad Guy who had already escaped his just desserts in the earlier trial and appeal, as they saw it?
Myron Moskovitz
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Part I of this series described my shocking post-law school discovery that, in the real world, judges do not always do what my law profs said they do - find the facts, apply the law, and bingo, out pops the ruling. Sometimes, judges bend or even ignore this process - to stick it to a party they see as a Bad Guy.
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