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A defendant in an Alabama criminal trial seeks to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Alabama Constitution also contains a search-and-seizure provision. Generally, how do Alabama courts interpret the state constitutional protection relative to the Fourth Amendment?

Alabama provides no exclusionary remedy at all Alabama courts generally interpret the state provision in line with federal Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, applying the exclusionary rule Alabama provides far broader protection than the Fourth Amendment in all cases Alabama allows all illegally obtained evidence to be admitted

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Alabama courts generally interpret the state provision in line with federal Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, applying the exclusionary rule

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