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Discussion 7 Do you believe that the reasons first expressed by the United States Supreme Court to exclude evidence obtained by violating the Fourth Amendment rights of the defendant are valid

in today's American society? Explain your position. Textbook Citation: Ingram, J. L. (2021). Criminal Evidence (14th ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://ccis.vitalsource.com/books/9781000382150 Page 847: SCHMERBER V. CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of the United States, 384 U.S. 757, 86 S. Ct. 1826, 16 L. Ed. 2d 908, 1966 U.S. LEXIS 1129 (1966) MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner was convicted in Los Angeles Municipal Court of the criminal offense of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He had been arrested at a hospital while receiving treatment for injuries suffered in an accident involving the automobile that he had apparently been driving. At the direction of a police officer, a physician at the hospital then withdrew a blood sample from petitioner's body. The chemical analysis of this sample revealed a percent by weight of alcohol in his blood at the time of the offense which indicated

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