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Fruit of the poisonous tree |
1 : a doctrine of evidence: evidence that is derived from or gathered during an illegal action (as an unlawful search) cannot be admitted into court
2 : evidence that is inadmissible under an evidentiary exclusionary rule because it was derived from or gathered during an illegal action
see also Wong Sun v. U.S. in the Important Cases section
compare independent source inevitable discovery plain view
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collateral estoppel
estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action
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