Unreasonable searches and seizures

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The Fourth Amendment gives people a right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. A Police Officer stops a motor vehicle for speeding and wants to search it for drugs or weapons. There is no basis for the search but they want to make sure nothing is in the car. They take the driver out, search the car and find guns and drugs in the trunk. The driver is prosecuted and the defense attorney files a motion to suppress the evidence. Should the fact the officer was right and that there were significant drugs and guns found in the trunk have any weight on the judge's decision?

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