Law of Arrest and Search Warrants: Obligations, Validity, and Exceptions, Study notes of Criminal Law

Download Law of Arrest and Search Warrants: Obligations, Validity, and Exceptions and more Study notes Criminal Law in PDF only on Docsity! Law of Arrest What is an “invalid” arrest? Does an invalid arrest operate to bar or preclude a subsequent prosecution for the offense for which the arrest was originally made? What does the phrase “Fruit of the poisonous tree” mean? See Wong Sun v U.S., 371 U.S. 471 (1963) How does it apply to an invalid arrest? What do the Williams cases (Brewer v Williams and Nix v Williams) tell us about an exception to this doctrine? What is the basis or requirement for the “independent basis” exception? Docsity.com