derivative evidence

derivative evidence
derivative evidence see evidence

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

derivative evidence
Facts, information, or physical objects that tend to prove an issue in a criminal prosecution but which are excluded from consideration by the trier of fact because they were learned directly from information illegally obtained in violation of the constitutional guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures (See search and seizure).

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


derivative evidence
Facts, information, or physical objects that tend to prove an issue in a criminal prosecution but which are excluded from consideration by the trier of fact because they were learned directly from information illegally obtained in violation of the constitutional guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures.

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