Fruit of the Poisonous Tree:

• Library: The Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

► FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE: Pursuant to the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine, evidence "come at by exploitation of [an] illegality" by police is inadmissible at a trial. The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is not limitless; where the government learns of the evidence through an independent source, that is, through a source unconnected to the illegality, or where the connection between the lawless...