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Exclusionary Rules
Exclusionary Rules
B. The Doctrine of the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
1. Evidence will be excluded if it was gained through evidence
uncovered in an illegal arrest, unreasonable search or coercive
interrogation, or violation of a particular exclusionary law.
C Illustrations:
a). The time period between the illegal arrest and the ensuing
confession or consented search
B. Principles:
It will be some other appropriate principle on the admissibility
of evidence which will govern.