What is the difference between statements made by a defendant at the time of a search for illegal drugs in his bedroom closet and statements made during the search?

We also note that while defendant's statements made at the apartment related to all of the marijuana found in the apartment, the marijuana found in his bedroom closet represented the overwhelming majority of that marijuana. This is not a situation where statements were made that related both to a de minimus amount of drugs obtained by illegally searching an area within the defendant's exclusive control with the vast majority of drugs found in common areas within the home. (Cf. United States v. Green (9th Cir. 1975) 523 F.2d 968, 972 [the defendant's confession was not the " 'product' " of confrontation with amphetamines and 400 pounds of marijuana seized from his bedroom illegally, because the role of that suppressed evidence in producing the defendant's

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