Police with probable cause to believe that a warehouse contains marijuana unlawfully enter the warehouse and observe marijuana.The officers leave and obtain a search warrant using their original probable cause,not their unlawful observations.The best chance for the prosecutor to have the evidence be admissible would be under

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The best chance for the prosecutor to have the evidence be admissible would be under the independent source exception. This exception allows evidence to be admitted if the government can show that they obtained the evidence from a source independent of the illegal search or seizure. In this case, the search warrant was obtained based on the original probable cause, which is an independent source, rather than the officers' unlawful observations.

Police with Probable Cause to Believe That a Warehouse Contains