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DefenseLawyer

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21. Wong Sun v. United States 1963

Reply to RiverStone (Reply #15)

Thu Jul 13, 2017, 04:50 PM

Jul 2017

Fruit of the Poisonous Tree is a legal metaphor for the proposition that evidence that is in and of itself legally obtained is nonetheless inadmissible when it arose from other evidence that was illegally obtained. So if the police kick in a person's door without a warrant and find a note that says drugs are in that person's office. They then use the note to get a warrant for the office and find drugs. The person would argue that the search of the office was invalid and the evidence obtained should be inadmissible, since it was "fruit of the poisonous tree, " that is, it originated from the prior illegal search.

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Neil Gorsuch should resign when 45's criminal Russian collusion proves his admin cheated to win [View all] RiverStone Jul 2017 OP

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Damn right! RiverStone Jul 2017 #8

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Fruit of a poisonous tree. Fozzledick Jul 2017 #11

What law re: invalidation are you referring to? RiverStone Jul 2017 #15

General legal principle regarding "Fruit of a poisonous tree". Fozzledick Jul 2017 #18

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