Supreme Court· 12/11/1939

Nardone v. United States

Citations

308 U.S. 338
60 S. Ct. 266
84 L. Ed. 307
1939 U.S. LEXIS 1132

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recognizing that unconstitutionally obtained evidence can \become so attenuated as to dissipate the taint\
holding that evidence which must be excluded as result of illegal search includes not only direct product of government misconduct but also “fruit of the poisonous tree”
holding the exclusionary rule applies to evidence discovered and found to be derivative of an illegal search and seizure, or “fruit of the poisonous tree”
stating that exclusionary rule may apply to evidence later discovered and found derivative of an illegality, or “fruit of the poisonous tree”
finding that attenuation can purge evidence of the taint of government illegality
holding once a defendant proves a government search is illegal, the government may avail itself of an opportunity to demonstrate the information came from an independent source and was not a product of the tainted search

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Judges: Frankfurter, McReynolds, Reed

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