Privacy
When evidence is illegally obtained in violation of California laws can Texas legally benefit from this illegal act by allowing this evidence in a Texas criminal trial on the premise that such an act would not have been a violation of Texas law?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED a 1. When evidence is illegally obtained in violation of California laws can Texas legally benefit from this illegal act by allowing this evidence in a Texas criminal trial on the premise that such an act would not have been a violation of Texas law? ; 2. Does it violate “Federal law” pursuant to the Full Faith and Credit Clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution for Texas to sanction the deliberate violation of California law in order to obtain evidence in a Texas criminal trial? 3. In a Brady Violation, what level of deference is the State entitled in determining whether they had knowledge of information that could lead to exculpatory evidence? i