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.
1993] CONTROVERSY OVER EXCLUSIONARY RULE 199. the exclusionary rule.22 In Weeks, the defendant was convicted of. illegal gambling.23 On appeal, the defendant argued that docu-. ments used as evidence in his trial were illegally obtained, and his.