Nix v. Williams (1983)
- Docket
- 82-1651
- Decided
- 1983-01-01
Summary
Question: Should evidence resulting in an arrest be excluded from trial because it was improperly obtained? Conclusion: No. The Court relied on the "inevitable discovery doctrine," as it held that the exclusionary rule did not apply to the child's body as evidence since it was clear that the volunteer search teams would have discovered the body even absent Williams's statements.