Back Früchte des vergifteten Baumes German Doctrina del fruto del árbol envenenado Spanish میوه درخت فاسد FA Fruit de l'arbre empoisonné French פרי העץ המורעל HE Buah pohon beracun ID Frutto dell'albero avvelenato Italian 毒樹の果実 Japanese 독수독과이론 Korean Užnuodyto medžio vaisiai LT
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Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal metaphor used to describe evidence that is obtained illegally.[1] The logic of the terminology is that if the source (the "tree") of the evidence or evidence itself is tainted, then anything gained (the "fruit") from it is tainted as well.
- ^ Dressler, Joshua (2002). Understanding Criminal Procedure (3rd ed.). Newark, NJ: LexisNexis. ISBN 0-8205-5405-7.