Michelle Jones,a suspect in a murder case,hires an attorney and turns herself over to the police,who formally arrest her.While waiting for her attorney at the police station,the detectives handling the case try to talk to Michelle about the murder,and she confesses the location of the victim's dead body.At the same time as this conversation,other officers are digging in an open field in search of the victim's body.If the body is found,it will be allowed as evidence in this case because of the ________ exception.

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The inevitable discovery exception allows evidence obtained through illegal means to be admitted if it would have been discovered lawfully anyway. In this scenario, the officers were already actively searching for the victim's body before Michelle confessed, so the body would have been inevitably discovered. Therefore, the evidence of the body's location would be admissible in court.

Michelle Jones,a Suspect in a Murder Case,hires an Attorney and Turns