The first Supreme Court decision that clearly established an exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment was

A. Boyd v. U.S. (1886)
B. Adams v. New York (1904)
C. Weeks v. U.S. (1914)
D. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. U.S. (1920)


ANSWER: C

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