What effect can the exclusionary rule have on the prosecutor when questions of the constitutionality of a search and seizure arise in a case?

A. Such questions have no effect on the prosecutor.
B. Such questions put the prosecutor on the offensive.
C. Such questions alter the role of the judge, not the prosecutor.
D. Such questions put the prosecutor on the defensive.


Answer: D

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