Wong Sun v. U.S., No. 36 (U.S. Supreme Court) (371 U.S. 471; 83 S.Ct. 407) (January 14, 2063) (Justice Brennan)
This is one of the Supreme Court's seminal cases on the admissibility of evidence illegally seized by the police and challenged as "fruit of the poisonous tree." Although that doctrine traces its roots to the Supreme Court's decision in Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States , 251 U.S. 385 (1920), ...
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