State v. Crebo
The State appealed suppression of four post-Miranda statements made by a child pornography suspect, which the trial court excluded as fruit of a defective search warrant. The Second DCA held that the first statement, made before the search was executed and based solely on pre-existing investigative information (the cyber tip and Pinterest images), was not tainted by the later-invalidated search and should not have been suppressed; the exclusion of the remaining three statements was affirmed.
Key facts
- Defendant Crebo was arrested on suspicion of child pornography based on a cyber tip and Pinterest images lawfully obtained by investigators prior to executing a search warrant.
- The trial court suppressed four post-Miranda statements made by Crebo, finding them tainted by a defective search warrant executed after the statements were made.
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Why it matters
This decision clarifies the timing-based analysis under the fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine, confirming that statements preceding an illegal search cannot be excluded as derivative of that search when based on… — full analysis with a trial
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