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by CGamesPlay 594 days ago
IANAL, but as I understood, this exception is specifically about cases where precedence is established. This same trick or others substantially like it won't work in the future, but because it was not a "known trick", the conviction still stands.
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Not only that, prior to the search another court had ruled that no warrant was required. The new ruling overrides the old one, but the search was in good faith.