{"id":13697,"date":"2018-02-12T02:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T02:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13697"},"modified":"2018-02-18T03:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T03:59:19","slug":"fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree-doctrine-the-rule-that-evidence-derived-from-an-illegal-search-arrest-or-interrogation-is-inadmissible-because-the-evidence-the-fruit-was-tainted-by-the-illegali","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13697","title":{"rendered":"Fruit-of-the-Poisonous-Tree Doctrine – evidence derived from an illegal search, arrest, or interrogation is inadmissible because the evidence (the “fruit”) was tainted by the illegality (the “poisonous tree”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(1948)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Criminal procedure<\/em>. The rule that evidence derived from an illegal search, arrest, or interrogation is inadmissible because the evidence (the “fruit”) was tainted by the illegality (the “poisonous tree”).\u00a0 *\u00a0 Under this doctrine, for example, a murder weapon is inadmissible if the map showing its location and used to find it was seized during an illegal search.<\/strong> \u2014 aka fruits doctrine<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The constitutional law doctrine that evidence, including derivative evidence, obtained as the result of an illegal search is inadmissible.<\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2<\/b><\/span><\/strong>]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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