1. Due Process in Criminal Proceedings.
A specific and well known quote by Judge Thomas Cooley stated that "due process of law in each particular case means such an exertion of the powers of government as the settled maxims of law permit and sanction, and under such safeguards for the protection of individual rights as those maxims prescribe for the class of cases to which the one in question belongs. ... However, if for any reason a court finds that a search occurred and decides that the search was illegal or unreasonable, any evidence seized as a result of the search cannot be used as direct evidence against the defendant in a cri...
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