Officer Tom stops Kathy because she looks like a criminal to him, and after a pat down finds marijuana in her pocket. He then uses the drugs to justify a warrant to search her home for drugs. The search uncovers 8 kilos of cocaine.

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The marijuana would be fruit of the poisonous tree due to the illegal search, and the cocaine would be derivative evidence based on the illegal seizure of the marijuana and therefore inadmissible also, despite the warrant, because the warrant was tainted by the original search.

Officer Tom Stops Kathy Because She Looks Like a Criminal