The attenuation doctrine requires that the information being admitted into court is not tainted by earlier unlawful conduct by the police.

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The attenuation doctrine requires that the evidentiary connection between unconstitutional police conduct and the challenged evidence is remote or has been interrupted by intervening circumstances. It is used to determine when the inadmissibility of evidence derived from an illegal search or seizure is sufficiently attenuated or removed by other intervening circumstances so as to permit its use at trial.

The Attenuation Doctrine Requires That the Information Being Admitted into Court