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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

Another officer will get an "anonymous tip".




"Our Confidential Informant, Fuzzy Dunlop".

Two cops on The Wire do this, and basically register a tennis ball, hence the name, as their CI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJa1_u-VLE


Search warrants are usually public record after they are unsealed. If they aren't included in evidence its a Brady violation and if caught the case is essentially dead. If the defense sees that the search warrant was given or executed first, they probably have a very strong argument that all the evidence is tainted. Parallel construction doesn't work very well when proof of tainted evidence is publicly available.




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