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What is the legal term for: when one thing is bad, everything is bad? For instance, a partial confession is obtained before the suspect is mirandized, when the officer asks, "what did you do?" Then the suspect is mirandized and chooses to continue with confession and other details. In court, the judge supresses the confession, because the first part of the confession was obtained "illegally". The whole confession is spoiled because one part is bad, so the whole is bad....what is this called? Help!!!

2006-09-19 14:41:40 · 9 answers · asked by swadey8 1 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

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Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal term in the United States used to describe evidence gathered with the aid of information obtained illegally. The logic of the terminology is that if the source of the evidence (the "tree") is tainted, then anything gained from it (the "fruit") would be likewise.

Such evidence is not generally admissible in court. For example, if a policeman conducts an unconstitutional search of a home, finds an address book, and uses that address book to locate a witness, the witness would not be allowed to testify because her testimony would be a "fruit" of the unconstitutional search.

2006-09-22 02:53:58 · answer #1 · answered by King of the Net 7 · 8 1

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2016-10-17 07:30:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

A fruit of the poisonous tree

2006-09-19 14:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by dh1977 7 · 2 0

The term (from criminal law) is fruit of the poisonous tree.

2006-09-19 15:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lieberman 4 · 0 0

Chain of evidence.

2006-09-19 14:50:40 · answer #5 · answered by phoephus 4 · 0 1

Bad.

2006-09-19 14:48:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

would that be Fruit of the Poisonous Tree????????

2006-09-19 14:53:57 · answer #7 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0 0

http://www.nbc17.com/news/4000730/detail.html

2006-09-19 14:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by zrogerz69 4 · 0 1

acquitted

2006-09-19 14:45:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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