Should you face criminal charges in New York, you may wish to familiarize yourself with the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. This long-held legal doctrine could become a major factor as you and your attorney go about defending you. The U.S. Supreme Court first hinted at what would become known as the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in the 1886 case of Boyd v. United States. The phrase itself was coined by Justice Felix Frankfurter in Nardone v. United States, a 1939 SCOTUS case. The phrase “fruit of the poisonous tree” is a two-part metaphor. The word...
What is the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine?
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