A Utah libertarian-leaning group is backing a plan to roll back the effects of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bolstered police power to use evidence even if officers did something wrong to get it.
Connor Boyack with the Libertas Institute says the bill would bar evidence gathered after an illegal stop. He's worried about the potential for police abuse after the 2016 ruling on the case in the city of South Salt Lake.
The Utah Attorney General's Office says the plan goes too far.
The bill comes after the Supreme Court decided Edward Joseph Strieff could be convicted of drug crimes even though police found the drugs after an illegal stop.
The majority found the evidence was legal because of an outstanding warrant. Dissenting justices said it was a blow to constitutional rights.