United States v. Caceres
United States Supreme Court
440 U.S. 741 (1979)
Relevant factsFree
Prosecuted for bribing an IRS agent, Caceres (defendant) sought to exclude surveillance recordings the IRS obtained without first securing Department of Justice approval, as its own internal regulation required; Caceres argued the exclusionary rule should bar this evidence given the agency's failure to follow its own regulation.
IssueFree
Whether evidence an administrative agency obtains in violation of its own internal regulation must be excluded from a criminal prosecution, absent an independent violation of the Constitution or a statute.