FOURTH AMENDMENT — EXCLUSIONARY RULE — SEVENTH CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT EVIDENCE GATHERED THROUGH AN UNLAWFUL SEARCH OF A HOME MAY BE ADMISSIBLE UNDER THE INDEPENDENT SOURCE DOCTRINE EVEN IF TAINTED EVIDENCE IS DESCRIBED IN THE WARRANT APPLICATION. — United States v. Huskisson, 926 F.3d 369 (7th Cir. 2019).

The article presents a court case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that evidence obtained via unlawful search could be admissible under the independent source doctrine. In the case U.S. v. Huskisson, alleged drug dealer Paul Huskisson appealed his conviction for methamphetamine possession due to warrantless entry by the police. Also cited is the provisions of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.