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United States v. Calandra

Supreme Court of the United States

414 U.S. 338 (1974)

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Federal agents investigating Calandra (defendant) for illegal gambling seized loansharking records unrelated to the gambling warrant they were executing. A grand jury subpoenaed Calandra about the loansharking records; he invoked the Fifth Amendment and separately moved to suppress the evidence as obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

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Whether a witness may refuse to answer grand jury questions based on a belief that the underlying evidence was unlawfully obtained.

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