This doctrine holds that if evidence resulting from illegal police conduct is sufficiently removed from the primary illegality,the evidence need not be excluded.

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The attenuation doctrine holds that if the connection between the illegal police conduct and the evidence obtained is sufficiently remote or attenuated, the evidence may not be excluded. This is different from the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, which holds that all evidence obtained from illegal police conduct is tainted and must be excluded, regardless of how far removed it may be from the original illegality. The unreliability doctrine is not a recognized legal doctrine.

This Doctrine Holds That If Evidence Resulting from Illegal Police