The inevitable-discovery exception applies if the police would have inevitably discovered the information within a fixed amount of time.

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The inevitable-discovery exception to the exclusionary rule allows unlawfully obtained evidence to be admitted in court if the prosecution can establish that the evidence would have been discovered eventually by lawful means, but it does not specify a fixed amount of time for this discovery.

The Inevitable-Discovery Exception Applies If the Police Would Have Inevitably