inevitable discovery rule
inevitable discovery rule 〈美〉必然发现规则 该规则规定，对以非法手段取得的证据，如果控诉方能够证明该证据最终必然也会以合法手段取得，则具有可采性。它构成证据排除规则〔Exclusionary Rule〕的一个例外。 (→fruit of poisonous tree doctrine)
INEVITABLE-DISCOVERY RULE
inevitable discovery rule
inevitable-discovery rule. Criminal procedure. The rule providing — as an exception to the fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine — that evidence obtained by illegal means may nonetheless be admissible if the prosecution can show that the evidence would eventually have been legally obtained anyway. See FRUIT-OF-THE-POISONOUS-TREE DOCTRINE. Cf. INDEPENDENT-SOURCE RULE . [Cases: Criminal Law 394.1(3). C.J.S. Criminal Law