As an aside, the fruit from the poisoned tree has long been admitted into evidence through several pathways. One such end run is called parallel construction, they get illegal information, then find a legal way they can use it in court.
But they often don’t have to, long long ago the scotus said the evidence could be admitted if the police thought they were following the law. So they can plead stupid.
Nevermind the requirements that warrants, if they even bother with them, specify what they are looking for, before the 80s if they were looking for guns but found drugs that were not listed on the warrant, it was inadmissible, but now anything they find they can use.
If you are rich and have a lot of money you might be able to fight some of that, but for almost everyone, you are fucked.
As an aside, the fruit from the poisoned tree has long been admitted into evidence through several pathways. One such end run is called parallel construction, they get illegal information, then find a legal way they can use it in court.
But they often don’t have to, long long ago the scotus said the evidence could be admitted if the police thought they were following the law. So they can plead stupid.
Nevermind the requirements that warrants, if they even bother with them, specify what they are looking for, before the 80s if they were looking for guns but found drugs that were not listed on the warrant, it was inadmissible, but now anything they find they can use.
If you are rich and have a lot of money you might be able to fight some of that, but for almost everyone, you are fucked.
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse… unless you are the law… then you can be as ignorant of the law as you want!”