independent source rule
independent source rule 〈美〉独立来源规则 依该规则，对通过非法途径获得的证据如果也可能通过与最初的非法行为无关的合法途迳取得，则该证据仍然具有可采性。该规则构成证据排除规则〔Exclusionary Rule〕的一个例外。 (→fruit of poisonous tree doctrine; inevitable discovery rule)
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INDEPENDENT-SOURCE RULE
independent source rule
independent-source 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 that evidence is also obtained by legal means unrelated to the original illegal conduct. See FRUIT-OF-THE-POISONOUS-TREE DOCTRINE. Cf. INEVITABLE-DISCOVERY RULE. [Cases: Criminal Law 394.1(3). C.J.S. Criminal Law §§
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