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Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor... by ceejayoz on Monday August 12, 2024 @05:10PM (#41229348)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

Another officer will get an "anonymous tip".

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Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor... by FireBeyond on Monday August 12, 2024 @10:29PM (#41231600)
"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

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Re:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are Categor... by hwillis on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @12:50PM (#41237133)
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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