utah strieff argued february decided june narcotics detective douglas fackrell conducted surveillance south salt lake city residence based anonymous tip drug activity number people observed making brief visits house course week made suspicious occupants dealing drugs observing respondent edward strieff leave residence officer fackrell detained strieff nearby parking lot identifying asking strieff house requested strieff identification relayed information police dispatcher informed strieff outstanding arrest warrant traffic violation officer fackrell arrested strieff searched found methamphetamine drug paraphernalia strieff moved suppress evidence arguing derived unlawful investigatory stop trial denied motion utah appeals affirmed utah reversed however ordered evidence suppressed held evidence officer fackrell seized incident strieff arrest admissible based application attenuation factors brown illinois case flagrant police misconduct therefore officer fackrell discovery valid untainted arrest warrant attenuated connection unconstitutional investigatory stop evidence seized incident lawful arrest pp primary judicial remedy deterring fourth amendment violations exclusionary rule encompasses primary evidence obtained direct result illegal search seizure relevant evidence later discovered found derivative illegality segura ensure deterrence benefits outweighed rule substantial social costs several exceptions rule one exception attenuation doctrine provides admissibility connection unconstitutional police conduct evidence sufficiently remote interrupted intervening circumstance see hudson michigan pp threshold matter attenuation doctrine limited defendant independent acts doctrine therefore applies intervening circumstance discovery valid untainted arrest warrant assuming without deciding officer fackrell lacked reasonable suspicion stop strieff initially discovery arrest warrant attenuated connection unlawful stop evidence seized strieff incident arrest pp three factors articulated brown illinois lead conclusion first temporal proximity initially unlawful stop search favors suppressing evidence officer fackrell discovered drug contraband strieff minutes illegal stop contrast second factor presence intervening circumstances strongly favors state existence valid warrant predating investigation entirely unconnected stop favors finding sufficient attenuation unlawful conduct discovery evidence warrant authorized officer fackrell arrest strieff arrest authorized search strieff incident arrest undisputedly lawful third factor purpose flagrancy official misconduct also strongly favors state officer fackrell negligent errors judgment hardly rise purposeful flagrant violation strieff fourth amendment rights unlawful stop conduct lawful indication stop part systemic recurrent police misconduct pp strieff counterarguments unpersuasive first neither officer fackrell purpose flagrancy violation rises level misconduct warranting suppression officer fackrell purpose conduct suspicionless fishing expedition gather information activity inside house whose occupants legitimately suspected dealing drugs strieff conflates standard illegal stop standard flagrancy requires mere absence proper cause second unlikely prevalence outstanding warrants lead dragnet searches police misconduct expose police civil liability event already accounted brown purpose flagrancy factor pp ut reversed thomas delivered opinion roberts kennedy breyer alito joined sotomayor filed dissenting opinion ginsburg joined parts ii iii kagan filed dissenting opinion ginsburg joined opinion notice opinion subject formal revision publication preliminary print reports readers requested notify reporter decisions washington typographical formal errors order corrections may made preliminary print goes press utah petitioner edward joseph strieff writ certiorari utah june justice thomas delivered opinion enforce fourth amendment prohibition unreasonable searches seizures times required courts exclude evidence obtained unconstitutional police conduct also held even fourth amendment violation exclusionary rule apply costs exclusion outweigh deterrent benefits cases example link unconstitutional conduct discovery evidence attenuated justify suppression question case whether attenuation doctrine applies officer makes unconstitutional investigatory stop learns stop suspect subject valid arrest warrant proceeds arrest suspect seize incriminating evidence search incident arrest hold evidence officer seized part search incident arrest admissible officer discovery arrest warrant attenuated connection unlawful stop evidence seized incident arrest case began anonymous tip december someone called south salt lake city police line report narcotics activity particular residence app narcotics detective douglas fackrell investigated tip course week officer fackrell conducted intermittent surveillance home observed visitors left minutes arriving house visits sufficiently frequent raise suspicion occupants dealing drugs one visitors respondent edward strieff officer fackrell observed strieff exit house walk toward nearby convenience store store parking lot officer fackrell detained strieff identified asked strieff residence part stop officer fackrell requested strieff identification strieff produced utah identification card officer fackrell relayed strieff information police dispatcher reported strieff outstanding arrest warrant traffic violation officer fackrell arrested strieff pursuant warrant officer fackrell searched strieff incident arrest discovered baggie methamphetamine drug paraphernalia state charged strieff unlawful possession methamphetamine drug paraphernalia strieff moved suppress evidence arguing evidence inadmissible derived unlawful investigatory stop suppression hearing prosecutor conceded officer fackrell lacked reasonable suspicion stop argued evidence suppressed existence valid arrest warrant attenuated connection unlawful stop discovery contraband trial agreed state admitted evidence found short time illegal stop search weighed favor suppressing evidence two countervailing considerations made admissible first considered presence valid arrest warrant intervening circumstance app pet cert quoting simpson second stressed absence flagrant misconduct officer fackrell conducting legitimate investigation suspected drug house strieff conditionally pleaded guilty reduced charges attempted possession controlled substance possession drug paraphernalia reserved right appeal trial denial suppression motion utah appeals affirmed ut app utah reversed ut held evidence inadmissible voluntary act defendant free confession consent search sufficiently breaks connection illegal search discovery evidence officer fackrell discovery valid arrest warrant fit description ordered evidence suppressed ibid granted certiorari resolve disagreement attenuation doctrine applies unconstitutional detention leads discovery valid arrest warrant compare green holding discovery warrant dispositive intervening circumstance police misconduct flagrant state moralez assigning little significance discovery warrant reverse ii fourth amendment protects right people secure persons houses papers effects unreasonable searches seizures officers violated fourth amendment traditionally considered trespassers individuals subject unconstitutional searches seizures historically enforced rights tort suits davies recovering original fourth amendment rev century however exclusionary rule rule often requires trial courts exclude unlawfully seized evidence criminal trial became principal judicial remedy deter fourth amendment violations see mapp ohio precedents exclusionary rule encompasses primary evidence obtained direct result illegal search seizure relevant evidence later discovered found derivative illegality poisonous tree segura significant costs rule led us deem applicable deterrence benefits outweigh substantial social costs hudson michigan internal quotation marks omitted suppression evidence always last resort first impulse ibid accordingly recognized several exceptions rule three exceptions involve causal relationship unconstitutional act discovery evidence first independent source doctrine allows trial courts admit evidence obtained unlawful search officers independently acquired separate independent source see murray second inevitable discovery doctrine allows admission evidence discovered even without unconstitutional source see nix williams third issue attenuation doctrine evidence admissible connection unconstitutional police conduct evidence remote interrupted intervening circumstance interest protected constitutional guarantee violated served suppression evidence obtained hudson supra turning application attenuation doctrine case first address threshold question whether doctrine applies case like intervening circumstance state relies discovery valid untainted arrest warrant utah declined apply attenuation doctrine read precedents applying doctrine circumstances involving independent act defendant confessing crime consenting search strieff defended argument disagree well attenuation doctrine evaluates causal link government unlawful act discovery evidence often nothing defendant actions logic prior attenuation cases limited independent acts defendant remains us address whether discovery valid arrest warrant sufficient intervening event break causal chain unlawful stop discovery evidence strieff person three factors articulated brown illinois guide analysis first look temporal proximity unconstitutional conduct discovery evidence determine closely discovery evidence followed unconstitutional search second consider presence intervening circumstances third particularly significant examine purpose flagrancy official misconduct evaluating factors assume without deciding state conceded point officer fackrell lacked reasonable suspicion initially stop strieff ultimately conclude warrant breaks causal chain also need decide whether warrant existence alone make initial stop constitutional even officer fackrell unaware existence first factor temporal proximity initially unlawful stop search favors suppressing evidence precedents declined find factor favors attenuation unless substantial time elapses unlawful act evidence obtained kaupp texas per curiam however officer fackrell discovered drug contraband strieff person minutes illegal stop see app explained brown short time interval counsels favor suppression found confession suppressed relying part less two hours separated unconstitutional arrest confession contrast second factor presence intervening circumstances strongly favors state segura addressed similar facts found sufficient intervening circumstances allow admission evidence agents probable cause believe apartment occupants dealing cocaine sought warrant meantime entered apartment arrested occupant discovered evidence drug activity limited search security reasons next evening magistrate judge issued search warrant ibid deemed evidence admissible notwithstanding illegal search information supporting warrant wholly unconnected arguably illegal entry known agents well initial entry segura course applied independent source doctrine unlawful entry contribute way discovery evidence seized warrant segura suggested existence valid warrant favors finding connection unlawful conduct discovery evidence sufficiently attenuated dissipate taint ibid principle applies case warrant valid predated officer fackrell investigation entirely unconnected stop officer fackrell discovered warrant obligation arrest strieff warrant judicial mandate officer conduct search make arrest officer sworn duty carry provisions leon internal quotation marks omitted officer fackrell arrest strieff thus ministerial act independently compelled warrant officer fackrell authorized arrest strieff undisputedly lawful search strieff incident arrest protect officer fackrell safety see arizona gant explaining permissible scope searches incident arrest finally third factor purpose flagrancy official misconduct brown supra also strongly favors state exclusionary rule exists deter police misconduct davis third factor attenuation doctrine reflects rationale favoring exclusion police misconduct need deterrence purposeful flagrant officer fackrell negligent stopping strieff officer fackrell made two mistakes first observed time strieff entered suspected drug house know long strieff officer fackrell thus lacked sufficient basis conclude strieff visitor may consummating drug transaction second lacked confirmation strieff visitor officer fackrell asked strieff whether speak instead demanding strieff officer fackrell stated purpose find going house app nothing prevented approaching strieff simply ask see florida bostick seizure occur simply police officer approaches individual asks questions errors judgment hardly rise purposeful flagrant violation strieff fourth amendment rights officer fackrell decision initiate stop mistaken conduct thereafter lawful officer decision run warrant check negligibly burdensome precautio officer safety rodriguez slip officer fackrell actual search strieff lawful search incident arrest see gant supra moreover indication unlawful stop part systemic recurrent police misconduct contrary evidence suggests stop isolated instance negligence occurred connection bona fide investigation suspected drug house officer fackrell saw strieff leave suspected drug house suspicion house based anonymous tip personal observations applying factors hold evidence discovered strieff person admissible unlawful stop sufficiently attenuated arrest warrant although illegal stop close time strieff arrest consideration outweighed two factors supporting state outstanding arrest warrant strieff arrest critical intervening circumstance wholly independent illegal stop discovery warrant broke causal chain unconstitutional stop discovery evidence compelling officer fackrell arrest strieff especially significant evidence officer fackrell illegal stop reflected flagrantly unlawful police misconduct find strieff counterarguments unpersuasive first argues attenuation doctrine apply officer stop purposeful flagrant asserts officer fackrell stopped solely fish evidence suspected wrongdoing officer fackrell sought information strieff find happening inside house whose occupants legitimately suspected dealing drugs suspicionless fishing expedition hope something turn taylor alabama strieff argues moreover officer fackrell conduct flagrant detained strieff without necessary level cause reasonable suspicion conflates standard illegal stop standard flagrancy violation flagrant severe police misconduct required mere absence proper cause seizure see kaupp finding flagrant violation warrantless arrest made arrestee home police denied warrant least officers knew lacked probable cause neither officer alleged purpose flagrancy violation rise level misconduct warrant suppression second strieff argues prevalence outstanding arrest warrants many jurisdictions police engage dragnet searches exclusionary rule applied think outcome unlikely wanton conduct expose police civil liability see monell new york city dept social see also segura event brown factors take account purpose flagrancy police misconduct evidence dragnet search presented application brown factors different evidence concerns strieff raises criminal justice system present south salt lake city utah hold evidence officer fackrell seized part search incident arrest admissible discovery arrest warrant attenuated connection unlawful stop evidence seized strieff incident arrest judgment utah accordingly reversed ordered sotomayor dissenting utah petitioner edward joseph strieff writ certiorari utah june justice sotomayor justice ginsburg joins parts ii iii dissenting today holds discovery warrant unpaid parking ticket forgive police officer violation fourth amendment rights soothed opinion technical language case allows police stop street demand identification check outstanding traffic warrants even nothing wrong officer discovers warrant fine forgot pay courts excuse illegal stop admit evidence anything happens find searching arresting warrant fourth amendment prohibit permit misconduct dissent minutes edward strieff walked south salt lake city home officer stopped questioned took identification run police database officer suspect strieff done anything wrong strieff happened first person leave house officer thought might contain drug activity app state utah concedes stop illegal app fourth amendment protects people unreasonable searches seizures officer breaches protection detains pedestrian check license without evidence person engaged crime delaware prouse terry ohio officer deepens breach prolongs detention fish evidence wrongdoing rodriguez slip search lawbreaking officer case broke law officer learned strieff small traffic warrant app pursuant warrant arrested strieff conducting search incident arrest discovered methamphetamine strieff pockets utah charged strieff illegal drug possession trial strieff argued admitting drugs evidence condone officer misbehavior methamphetamine reasoned product officer illegal stop admitting tell officers unlawfully discovering even small traffic warrant give license search evidence unrelated offenses utah unanimously agreed strieff majority reverses ii tempting case like illegal conduct officer uncovers illegal conduct civilian forgive officer instincts although unconstitutional correct basic principle lies heart fourth amendment two wrongs make right see weeks lawless police conduct uncovers evidence lawless civilian conduct long required later criminal trials exclude illegally obtained evidence terry mapp ohio example officer breaks home finds forged check lying around check may used prosecute homeowner bank fraud describe check poisonous tree wong sun fruit must cast aside includes evidence directly found illegal search also evidence come exploitation illegality ibid exclusionary rule removes incentive officers search us without proper justification terry also keeps courts made party lawless invasions constitutional rights citizens permitting unhindered governmental use fruits invasions courts admit lawfully obtained evidence encourage formulate law enforcement polices officers implement incorporate fourth amendment ideals value system stone powell courts admit illegally obtained evidence well reward manifest neglect open defiance prohibitions constitution weeks applying exclusionary rule utah correctly decided strieff drugs must excluded officer exploited illegal stop discover officer found drugs learning strieff traffic violation learned strieff traffic violation unlawfully stopped strieff check driver license also correctly rejected state argument officer discovery traffic warrant unspoiled poisonous fruit state analogizes finding warrant one earlier decisions wong sun officer illegally arrested person days later voluntarily returned station confess committing crime even though person confessed illegal actions police noted police exploit illegal arrest obtain confession confession obtained means sufficiently distinguishable constitutional violation held admitted evidence state contends search incident similarly distinguishable illegal stop wong sun explains strieff drugs must excluded reasoned fourth amendment violation may color every investigation follows certainly stains actions officers exploit infraction distinguished evidence obtained innocuous means evidence obtained exploiting misconduct considering variety factors whether long time passed whether intervening circumstances whether purpose flagrancy misconduct calculated procure evidence brown illinois factors confirm officer case discovered strieff drugs exploiting illegal conduct officer ask strieff volunteer name find days later strieff warrant officer illegally stopped strieff immediately ran warrant check officer discovery warrant intervening surprise anticipated utah lists misdemeanor warrants database time arrest salt lake county backlog outstanding warrants large faced potential civil liability see dept justice bureau justice statistics survey state criminal history information systems systems survey table online https internet materials last visited june inst law policy planning salt lake county criminal justice system assessment online http cjac resources officer violation also calculated procure evidence sole reason stopping strieff acknowledged investigative wanted discover whether drug activity going house strieff exited app warrant check words intervening circumstance separating stop search drugs part parcel officer illegal expedition evidence hope something might turn brown precedents officer found strieff drugs exploiting constitutional violation drugs excluded iii sees things differently fact warrant gives officer cause arrest person severs connection illegal policing resulting discovery evidence ante remarkable proposition mere existence warrant gives officer legal cause arrest search person also forgives officer knowledge warrant unlawfully stops person whim hunch explain reasoning relies segura federal agents applied warrant search apartment illegally entered apartment secure judge issued warrant receiving warrant agents searched apartment drugs question us evidence agents discovered declined suppress illegal entry petitioners apartment contribute way discovery evidence seized warrant according majority segura involves facts similar case suggest valid warrant clean whatever illegal conduct uncovered ante difficult understand interpretation segura agents illegal conduct entering apartment nothing procurement search warrant officer illegal conduct stopping strieff essential discovery arrest warrant segura similar agents used information illegally obtained apartment procure search warrant discover arrest warrant precisely case admitted untainted evidence majority likewise misses point calls warrant check burdensome precautio taken officer safety ante quoting rodriguez slip remember officer stopped strieff without suspecting committing crime account officer fear strieff moreover safety rationale discussed rodriguez opinion highway patrols conspicuously absent warrant check highway ensur es vehicles road operated safely responsibly slip allow checks legal traffic stops legitimacy person driver license close connection roadway safety slip warrant check pedestrian sidewalk contrast measure aimed ing evidence ordinary criminal wrongdoing ibid quoting indianapolis edmond surely allow officers random joggers dog walkers lemonade vendors ensure pose threat anyone else majority also posits officer exploited illegal conduct violate fourth amendment purpose rather made mistakes ante never mind officer sole purpose fish evidence majority casts unconstitutional actions negligent therefore incapable deterred exclusionary rule ibid fourth amendment tolerate officer unreasonable searches seizures know better even officers prone negligence learn courts exclude illegally obtained evidence stone indeed perhaps need education whether judge opinion prosecutor future guidance updated manual criminal procedure officers doubt law requires exclusion gives incentive err side constitutional behavior johnson striking opinion insistence event isolated indication unlawful stop part systemic recurrent police misconduct ante respectfully nothing case isolated outstanding warrants surprisingly common person traffic ticket misses fine payment appearance issue warrant see brennan center justice criminal justice debt online https person probation drinks alcohol breaks curfew issue warrant see human rights watch profiting probation online https americas offender funded federal government maintain databases million outstanding warrants vast majority appear minor offenses see systems survey table even sources may track staggering numbers warrants full many cities issue traffic violations ordinance infractions dept justice civil rights investigation ferguson police department ferguson report online https sites default files opa press releases attachments county case backlog warrants see supra department justice recently reported town ferguson missouri population people outstanding warrants ferguson report justice department investigations across country illustrated astounding numbers warrants used police stop people without cause single year new orleans officers made nearly arrests people outstanding traffic misdemeanor warrants neighboring parishes infractions unpaid tickets dept justice civil rights investigation new orleans police department online https sites default files crt louis metropolitan area officers routinely stop people street bus stops even reason officer desire check whether subject municipal arrest warrant pending ferguson report newark new jersey officers stopped pedestrians within period ran warrant checks dept justice civil rights investigation newark police department online https files crt legacy newark findings justice department analyzed stops reported approximately stops considered unsupported articulated suspicion doubt officers act good faith set break law mean stops isolated instance negligence however ante many product institutionalized training procedures new york city police department long trained officers words district judge stop question first develop reasonable suspicion later ligon new york supp sdny stay granted grounds utah described procedure decision salt lake city police officers run warrant checks pedestrians detained without reasonable suspicion state topanotes ut related context traffic stops one widely followed police manual instructs officers looking drugs run least warrants check drivers stop statistically narcotics offenders likely fail appear simple citations traffic trespass violations leading issuance bench warrants discovery outstanding warrant gives cause immediate custodial arrest search suspect remsberg tactics criminal patrol epp et pulled majority suggest makes case isolated countless examples offer guidance defendant prove arrest result widespread misconduct surely take federal investigation salt lake county protect someone strieff position iv writing drawing professional experiences add unlawful stops severe consequences much greater inconvenience suggested name given officers array instruments probe examine condone officers use devices without adequate cause give reason target pedestrians arbitrary manner also risk treating members communities citizens although many americans stopped speeding jaywalking may realize degrading stop officer looking allowed officer stop whatever reason wants long point pretextual justification fact whren justification must provide specific reasons officer suspected breaking law terry may factor ethnicity live adams williams wearing sokolow behaved illinois wardlow officer even need know law might broken long later point possible infraction even one minor unrelated ambiguous devenpeck alford heien north carolina indignity stop limited officer telling look like criminal see epp pulled officer may next ask consent inspect bag purse without telling decline see florida bostick regardless answer may order stand helpless perhaps facing wall hands raised terry officer thinks might dangerous may frisk weapons involves pat onlookers pass officer may sensitive fingers every portion body thorough search may made arms armpits waistline back groin area testicles entire surface legs feet officer control end stop officer chooses may handcuff take jail nothing speeding jaywalking driving pickup truck son daughter without seatbelt fastened atwater lago vista jail fingerprint swab dna inside mouth force shower delousing agent lift tongue hold arms turn around lift genitals florence board chosen freeholders county burlington slip maryland king slip even innocent join million americans arrest record experience civil death discrimination employers landlords whoever else conducts background check chin new civil death rev see jacobs eternal criminal record young petersilia keeping track harv rev course fail pay bail appear judge issue warrant render arrestable sight future goffman run case involves suspicionless stop one officer initiated chain events without justification justice department notes supra many innocent people subjected humiliations unconstitutional searches white defendant case shows anyone dignity violated manner see gottschalk caught secret people color disproportionate victims type scrutiny see alexander new jim crow generations black brown parents given children talk instructing never run street always keep hands seen even think talking back stranger fear officer gun react see du bois souls black folk baldwin fire next time coates world legitimizing conduct produces double consciousness case tells everyone white black guilty innocent officer verify legal status time says body subject invasion courts excuse violation rights implies citizen democracy subject carceral state waiting cataloged must pretend countless people routinely targeted police isolated canaries coal mine whose deaths civil literal warn us one breathe atmosphere see guinier torres miner canary ones recognize unlawful police stops corrode civil liberties threaten lives voices matter justice system continue anything dissent kagan dissenting utah petitioner edward joseph strieff writ certiorari utah june justice kagan justice ginsburg joins dissenting police officer stops person street without reasonable suspicion seizure violates fourth amendment officer pats unlawfully detained individual finds drugs pocket state may use contraband evidence criminal prosecution much beyond dispute question whether prohibition admitting evidence dissolves officer discovers making stop finding drugs person outstanding arrest warrant added wrinkle makes difference constitution respectfully dissent established simple framework determining whether exclude evidence obtained fourth amendment violation suppression necessary societal benefits outweigh costs see ante davis exclusionary rule serves crucial function deter unconstitutional police conduct barring use illegally obtained evidence courts reduce temptation police officers skirt fourth amendment requirements see james illinois suppression evidence also exacts heavy toll consequence many cases release criminal without punishment davis decisions thus endeavored strike sound balance two competing considerations rejecting reflexive impulse exclude evidence every time officer runs afoul fourth amendment insisting suppression lead appreciable deterrence police misconduct herring case thus requires determine whether excluding fruits officer douglas fackrell unjustified stop edward strieff significantly deter police committing similar constitutional violations future inquiry turns application attenuation doctrine ante effort mark point discovery evidence become attenuated police misconduct deterrent benefit exclusion drops cost leon since brown illinois three factors guided analysis first closer temporal proximity unlawful act discovery evidence greater deterrent value suppression second purpose ful flagran police illegality clearer necessity better chance preventing similar misbehavior third presence absence intervening circumstances makes difference stronger causal chain misconduct evidence exclusion curb future constitutional violations shown considerations points toward suppression nothing fackrell discovery outstanding warrant attenuated connection wrongful behavior detection drugs diminish exclusionary rule deterrent benefits start majority temporal proximity factor forthrightly admits favors suppressing evidence ante fackrell discovery drugs came minutes unconstitutional stop prior decisions made clear lapse substantial time two favor admission kaupp texas per curiam see brown suppressing confession less two hours separated unlawful arrest state accounts takes strike one move purposefulness fackrell conduct majority less willing see problem majority chalks fackrell fourth amendment violation couple innocent mistakes ante far barney mishap fackrell seizure strieff calculated decision taken little justification state never tried defend legality suppression hearing fackrell acknowledged stop designed investigatory purposes find going house watching figure strieff app fackrell frankly admitted basis action except strieff coming house plug fackrell strieff names substitute stop arrest reasonable suspicion probable cause decision brown perfectly describes case disputed fackrell stopped strieff without reasonable suspicion later testified made stop purpose questioning strieff part investigation illegality quality purposefulness impropriety stop obvious wareness fact virtually conceded fackrell repeatedly acknowledged testimony purpose action investigation fackrell embarked upon expedition evidence hope something might turn internal punctuation altered citation paragraph break omitted brown held facts support suppression well swing miss strike two finally consider whether intervening circumstance br oke causal chain stop evidence ante notion disrupting event comes tort law doctrine proximate causation see bridge phoenix bond indemnity explaining party establish proximate cause intervening cause break chain causation act injury kerr good faith new law scope exclusionary rule geo fourth amendment attenuation analysis looks whether constitutional violation proximate cause discovery evidence tort context circumstance counts intervening unforeseeable seen coming miles away see keeton dobbs keeton owen prosser keeton law torts ed rather breaking causal chain predictable effects leads naturally leads naturally links fackrell discovery arrest warrant event majority thinks intervened eminently foreseeable consequence stopping strieff fackrell testified checking outstanding warrants stop normal practice south salt lake city police app see also state topanotes ut describing warrant check routine procedure common practice salt lake city words department standard detention procedures stop ask identification run check partly designed find outstanding warrants find given staggering number warrants books see generally ante sotomayor dissenting take examples state california million outstanding arrest warrants number corresponding adult population pennsylvania population million contributes million new york city population million adds another million see reply brief associated press pa database nbc news apr online http last visited june times outstanding warrants appear bolts blue results police stops officers look run routine check person identification know turn fair regularity short nothing like intervening circumstances supposed strike three majority misapplication brown inquiry creates unfortunate incentives police indeed practically invites fackrell consider officer like fackrell wishes stop someone investigative reasons view reasonable suspicion officer believes evidence discovers inadmissible likely think unlawful stop worth making precisely deterrence exclusionary rule meant achieve told today decision officer knows stop may well yield admissible evidence long target one many millions people country outstanding arrest warrant anything officer finds search fair game use criminal prosecution officer incentive violate constitution thus increases sees potential advantage stopping individuals without reasonable suspicion exactly temptation exclusionary rule supposed remove majority thus places fourth amendment protections risk respectfully dissent footnotes outstanding arrest warrants distributed evenly across population contrary concentrated cities towns neighborhoods stops likely occur odds given stop revealing warrant even higher numbers indicate one study found example cincinnati ohio outstanding warrants residents see helland tabarrok fugitive evidence public versus private law enforcement bail jumping law econ justice sotomayor notes people residing town ferguson missouri outstanding warrants see ante majority relies segura reach opposite conclusion see ante decision lacks relevance case held fourth amendment violation issue contribute way police subsequent procurement warrant discovery contraband occasion consider question happens unconstitutional act fact leads warrant leads evidence