Courts allow "poisoned" fruit to be admitted if the government can prove one of these four conditions: Description
If the "tree" (the source) is tainted by illegality, all "fruit" (the evidence) growing from it is typically suppressed and cannot be used against a defendant. 2. Legal Origins Fruits from a Poisonous Tree
The prosecution can prove that the evidence would have been found eventually by legal means anyway. Courts allow "poisoned" fruit to be admitted if