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 which exception?

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The independent source exception allows evidence to be admissible if it was obtained from a separate, independent source that is untainted by the illegal conduct. In this case, since the officers had probable cause before their unlawful entry and used that to obtain a search warrant, the evidence can be considered to have been obtained through an independent source from their illegal observations.

Police with Probable Cause to Believe That a Warehouse Contains