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Fruit of the Poisonous Tree

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a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used

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plural
Fruit of the Poisonous Trees
possessive
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree's
pluralpossessive
Fruit of the Poisonous Trees'

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a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used

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