Under the “Truth in Evidence” provision of 1982’s Proposition 8,

(a) California courts may not suppress evidence on constitutional grounds unless exclusion is mandated by a decision of the US Supreme Court.
(b) California courts are free to create their own exclusionary rules, without regard to US Supreme Court decisions.
(c) California courts may suppress evidence on the basis of the “independent state grounds” of the California Constitution.
(d) California courts retain “inherent authority” to suppress any evidence they believe should be excluded on fairness grounds.


(a) California courts may not suppress evidence on constitutional grounds unless exclusion is mandated by a decision of the US Supreme Court.

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