United States v. Swope

How courts have described this case

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• holding that although a search warrant application contained both facts and details of a prior illegal search, the warrant was nonetheless valid because untainted portions supported probable cause
• holding -4- that even where a warrant application is tainted, a search is not unreasonable if untainted portions provide probable cause
• applying independent source doctrine even though the warrant application contained illegally obtained information
• apply- ing independent source doctrine even though the warrant application contained illegally obtained information
• apply- ing independent source doctrine even though the warrant application contained illegally obtained information
• “The exclusionary rule reaches not only primary evidence obtained as a direct result of an illegal search or seizure but also evidence later discovered and found to be derivative of an illegality or fruit of the poisonous tree.” (cleaned up

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