The evidence was also discovered through a separate, legal source completely unrelated to the illegal action.
If police perform an illegal traffic stop and find a key to a locker, any evidence found inside that locker is "fruit" of the illegal stop. Unless one of the exceptions applies (like proving they were already planning to search that locker), the evidence from the locker will be suppressed in court. Fruits from a Poisonous Tree
The principle is an extension of the , which bars direct evidence obtained through Fourth Amendment violations. The evidence was also discovered through a separate,
The 1963 case Wong Sun v. United States clarified that evidence is only suppressed if it was obtained by "exploitation of that illegality" rather than through a separate, clean path. 3. Key Exceptions The principle is an extension of the ,
The Supreme Court first established the principle in Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States (1920).
The initial illegal action taken by law enforcement, such as a search without a warrant or a coerced confession.