Davis v. United States
United States Supreme Court
564 U.S. 229 (2011)
Relevant factsFree
Police searched the passenger compartment of a car incident to arrests of the driver and passenger Davis (defendant), finding a gun in Davis's jacket, in reliance on then-controlling precedent (Belton) permitting such searches; while Davis's appeal was pending, that precedent was overruled by a new rule (Gant) restricting such searches, and the Eleventh Circuit found the search violated the new rule but declined to exclude the evidence since suppression would not deter future violations, affirming Davis's conviction.
IssueFree
Whether a search conducted in objectively reasonable reliance upon binding appellate precedent that has since been overruled is subject to the exclusionary rule.