context: Application of the exclusionary rule is generally reserved for cases in which the conduct of the police was in violation of a person's constitutional rights.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 517 U.S. 806, 815
citation_a.parenthetical: court declined to apply exclusionary rule because police acted reasonably, notwithstanding that stop violated police regulations
citation_a.sentence: See Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 815 (1996) (court declined to apply exclusionary rule because police acted reasonably, notwithstanding that stop violated police regulations).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 413 Mass. 73, 77
citation_b.parenthetical: "Generally, evidence seized in violation of the law will be suppressed only if the violation is substantial or rises to the level of a Federal or State constitutional violation"
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Commonwealth v. Grimshaw, 413 Mass. 73, 77 (1992) (“Generally, evidence seized in violation of the law will be suppressed only if the violation is substantial or rises to the level of a Federal or State constitutional violation”).