Abstract

This work analyzes the possibility of considering the exception known in the American legal system as the good faith exception, as an exception to the exclusionary rule established in article 276 section 3 of the Chilean Criminal Procedural Code. For this purpose, the work first tackles the issue through the American case law, where this exception was created, and then critically analyzing the approach taken by Chilean case law and legal scholarship regarding this subject.

Keywords

Criminal procedure exclusionary rule illegal evidence good faith law of evidence