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Ind. Code § 35-37-4-5 — Evidence unlawfully obtained by officer in good faith; exclusion
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 4: Evidence and Protection of Certain Witnesses, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 35-37-4-5
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Indiana.
Sec. 5. (a) In a prosecution for a crime or a proceeding to enforce an ordinance or a statute defining an infraction, the court may not grant a motion to exclude evidence on the grounds that the search or seizure by which the evidence was obtained was unlawful if the evidence was obtained by a law enforcement officer in good faith. (b) For purposes of this section, evidence is obtained by a law enforcement officer in good faith if: (1) it is obtained pursuant to: (A) a search warrant that was properly issued upon a determination of probable cause by a neutral and detached magistrate, that is free from obvious defects other than nondeliberate errors made in its preparation, and that was reasonably believed by the law enforcement officer to be valid; or (B) a state statute, judicial precedent, or court rule that is later declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalidated; and (2) the law enforcement officer, at the time he obtains the evidence, has satisfied applicable minimum basic training requirements established by rules adopted by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 . (c) This section does not affect the right of a person to bring a civil action against a law enforcement officer or a governmental entity to recover damages for the violation of his rights by an unlawful search and seizure.
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