You are a police officer who executed an illegal search but did find drugs and other illegal paraphernalia in the process. The judge ruled that the evidence you found could not be used. Which concept explains this?

A) exclusionary rule
B) fruit of the poisonous tree
C) public-duty defense
D) objective reasonableness


B

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