Christopher L. Carpenter v. State of Florida

Summary

The court held that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule did not save evidence obtained by a warrantless search of Carpenter's cell phone. The officers relied on an intermediate appellate decision that was nonfinal, certified for review, and issued in a rapidly developing area of law, so their reliance was not objectively reasonable for purposes of the exception. The court disapproved the decision below and disapproved the conflicting reasoning in Willis to the extent stated.