Sandy has filed a motion with the court challenging the search done by local police.  She is specifically challenging the search warrant claiming that Officer Sam included information he knew to be false in the affidavit.  A hearing has been scheduled for this challenge in which the court will test the adequacy of the affidavit without the false information to see if probable cause exists.  This is called a _______________ _________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Franks hearing

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