silver platter doctrine

silver-platter doctrine. Criminal procedure. The principle that a federal court could allow the admission of evidence obtained illegally by a state police officer as long as a federal officer did not participate in or request the search. • The Supreme Court rejected this doctrine in Elkins v. United States, 364 U.S. 206, 80 S.Ct. 1437 (1960). [Cases: Criminal Law 394.

2. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 776.]

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