<P> "The exclusionary rule is grounded in the Fourth Amendment and it is intended to protect citizens from illegal searches and seizures ." The exclusionary rule is also designed to provide a remedy and disincentive, which is short of criminal prosecution in response to prosecutors and police who illegally gather evidence in violation of the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights compelled to self - incrimination . The exclusionary rule also protects against violations of the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to counsel . </P> <P> Most states also have their own exclusionary remedies for illegally obtained evidence under their state constitutions and / or statutes, some of which predate the federal constitutional guarantees against unlawful searches and seizures and compelled self - incrimination . </P> <P> This rule is occasionally referred to as a legal technicality because it allows defendants a defense that does not address whether the crime was actually committed . In this respect, it is similar to the explicit rule in the Fifth Amendment protecting people from double jeopardy . In strict cases, when an illegal action is used by police / prosecution to gain any incriminating result, all evidence whose recovery stemmed from the illegal action--this evidence is known as "fruit of the poisonous tree"--can be thrown out from a jury (or be grounds for a mistrial if too much information has been irrevocably revealed). </P> <P> The exclusionary rule applies to all persons within the United States regardless of whether they are citizens, immigrants (legal or illegal), or visitors . </P>

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