Satterfield Was a Victim of Congenital Heart Defect. Bob Satterfield, a member of the Notre Dame national championship football team who collapsed and died suddenly at a nightclub in January, was a victim of a congenital heart defect, a medical examiner announced Friday.
The exclusionary rule is a legal principle in the United States, under constitutional law, which holds that evidence collected or analyzed in violation of the defendant's constitutional rights is sometimes inadmissible for a criminal prosecution in a court of law.
1) the rule (generally unreasonable not to knock and announce); 2) the exceptions to the rule (futility, danger, frustration of the searchâs purpose); 3) guidelines for the length of time officers must wait after complying with the rule; and. 4) the federal exclusionary rule is inapplicable to cases wherein officers fail to knock and announce.