Sentence examples for illegal evidence from inspiring English sources

I therefore think that any court may with propriety step in to prevent the use of this illegal evidence.

The evidence brought in on direct examination was only after petitioner had moved for a directed verdict, pointing to the illegal evidence.

Rather it must be shown that suppression of the fruit would serve the same purpose as suppression of the illegal evidence itself.

The statement also said defense lawyers had presented illegal evidence, including a video that tried to show that Mr. Sales acted alone and never received orders from Mr. Moura.

When one deals with the fruits of an illegal search or seizure, as in Silverthorne, or with the fruits of an illegal confession, as the Court decides that we do in this case, 1 the reason for suppression of the original illegal evidence itself is prophylactic—to deter the police from engaging in such conduct in the future by denying them its past benefits.

Since precluding the prosecution from any of these uses will not serve the prophylactic end which alone justifies the exclusion of the original illegal evidence, and because all of these uses of evidence admittedly of relevance and high probative value are important to the overriding goal of criminal law—the just conviction of the guilty—I must dissent.

It challenged the extradition request, arguing that it was based on illegal wiretap evidence.

"There is no espionage or illegal entry evidence against my clients.

229; Kamisar, Wolf and Lustig Ten Years Later: Illegal State Evidence in State and Federal Courts, 43 Minn.L.Rev.

Golding resisted Coke's extradition for nine months, arguing the US indictment on gun and drug trafficking charges relied on illegal wiretap evidence.

The prime minister, Bruce Golding, had stalled the extradition request for nine months with claims that the US indictment relied on illegal wiretap evidence.