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A Practitioner's Guide To The Federal Rules Of Evidence
A Practitioner's Guide To The Federal Rules Of Evidence
University of Richmond Law Review
On July 1, 1975, the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect. President Ford's signature on Public Law 93-595 was the culmination of nearly twenty years of study, drafting, and debate. Obviously the decision to codify federal evidence law was not lightly made, but the desire for uniformity ultimately made the Rules possible. As with all major legislation, compromise was necessary and certain areas of the law were left untouched. Criminal presumptions represent one such area. In other areas, such as privilege, only minimal codification was possible. The final result is a good set of rules, but one which might …
Evidence-Defendant's Confession Following Confrontation With Illegally Seized Evidence Not Excluded Where Independent Motive Induced The Confession
University of Richmond Law Review
The "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine is a refinement of the exclusionary rule of evidence. This rule prevents the admission of secondary evidence (the fruit) discovered or derived from evidence obtained in an unlawful search (the poisonous tree). In this area of search and seizure, courts have excluded confessions made after the accused has been confronted with illegally seized evidence, once it was shown that the confes- sion was caused or induced by the confrontation.