Will SCOTUS Look At Whether an Outstanding Warrant Cures a Bad Stop?

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by: Ryan • November 25, 2011 • no comments

In the petition for cert in Faulkner v. US, the question presented is:

Whether discovery by the police of an outstanding arrest warrant during a concededly unconstitutional seizure of a person purges the taint of the illegal seizure, permitting the government to introduce at trial evidence obtained as a direct consequence of an arrest on the outstanding warrant?

The relevant briefs can be found here. You just may need to scroll down a bit.

I'd posted on this previously. I bring it up again because the decision whether to accept cert will likely be announced on Monday.