Describe the "Silver Platter" Doctrine. Is it still followed? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
The Federal Exclusionary Rule was established in 1914 in the case of Weeks v. United States. The Court made it quite clear that, because this was a federal case, the decision was applicable only to federal law enforcement officers and federal courts and was in no way applicable to the states. But this decision, as do many Supreme Court decisions, left a number of unanswered questions. Out of one question arose the "Silver Platter" Doctrine. The Weeks decision prohibited federal officers from illegally seizing evidence, but it did not prevent law enforcement officers to the states from illegally seizing the evidence and handing it over to federal agents on a "silver platter" for use in federal courts. This method of circumventing the Federal Exclusionary Rule remained in effect until 1960.
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