Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...

What is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?
[Edit]

Answer

La teoría del arbol envenenado, tiene como premisa la siguiente: si la información que será utilizada en un caso fue obtenida con medios ilegales, entonces cualquier otra información recopilada vía esa acción ilegal también es corrompida por el veneno de la acción ilegal inicial.

Answer

This doctrine relates to the exclusion of Crown/State evidence which was acquired by the police in a manner that breaches an accused individual's constitutional rights. The doctrine may even be applied to exclude evidence that had been validly collected under a warrant, if it is found that the means by which the original warrant was acquired was in breach of constitutional rights.

ANSWER

In simple laymans terms. If a piece of evidence was recieved by unlawful means such as a search without a valid search warrant, any evidence that stems from that one illegal search will be considered inadmissable in a court of law. The only way out of this would be being able to articulate that a particular peice of evidence would have come out anyway within normal guidelines of an investigation. Basically, one bad apple search ruins the whole basket.


Improve Answer Discuss the question "What is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?" Watch Question

First answer by ID3191429422. Last edit by Fightermage. Contributor trust: 98 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 19 [recommend question]

Research your answer:

Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Law and Legal Issues > Crime and Criminal Law > What is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?

Our contributors said this page should be displayed for the questions below. (Where do these come from)
If any of these are not a genuine rephrasing of the question, please help out and edit these alternates.
Poisonous tree doctrine?  The fruit of the poisonous tree?  What is the most poisonous fruit?  What is Fruit of the poisonous tree?  What is fruit of poisonous tree doctrine?  What is the fruit of poisonous tree doctrine?  What is Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?  What is the fruite of poisonous tree doctrine?  What is the fruit of these poisonous tree doctrine?  What doctrine is called the fruit of poisonous tree?  Explanation of the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?  What do you mean by the term fruit of the poisonous tree?  Fruit of the poisonous tree is another word for what theory?