Does the exclusionary rule extend beyond evidence obtained directly from the "fruit of the poisonous tree"?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Johns, 891 F.2d 243 (9th Cir. 1989):
It is fundamental that the exclusionary rule extends beyond evidence directly obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the "fruit of the poisonous tree." Nardone v. United States, 308 U.S. 338, 341, 60 S.Ct. 266, 268, 84 L.Ed. 307 (1939). As we stated in United States v. Chamberlin, 644 F.2d 1262, 1269 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 453 U.S. 914, 101 S.Ct. 3148, 69 L.Ed.2d 997 (1981):
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