{"id":63710,"date":"2026-03-28T09:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63710"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:42:03","slug":"id-inevitable-discovery-doesnt-always-require-independent-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63710","title":{"rendered":"ID: Inevitable discovery doesn&#8217;t always require independent investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201c[W]e hold that a finding that there was a lawful separate or independent investigation underway is not a per se requirement in every case for the inevitable discovery doctrine to apply. While a separate, untainted investigation may be the simplest way to establish this exception, we conclude that there are other situations that may still make the discovery inevitable. However, as discussed below, to remove the taint of illegal activity, the government must still prove that the discovery was inevitable from situations not revealed by the unlawful activity itself.\u201d Earlier: \u201cAccordingly, we conclude that the State failed to establish that the use of handcuffs on Campbell was a reasonable precaution for the trooper&#8217;s safety. Campbell&#8217;s stop became a de facto arrest when the suspects were ordered to lie down and were handcuffed. Thus, we affirm this part of the district court&#8217;s analysis.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/isc.idaho.gov\/opinions\/49269sub.pdf\">State v. Campbell<\/a>, 2026 Ida. LEXIS 51 (Mar. 26, 2026), on reh. from 2024 Ida. LEXIS 62 (June 24, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer had probable cause to search for a gun, and, on opening the car door, could see marijuana shake, and that justified the further search of the car. United States v. Jenkins, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63336 (M.D. Ala. Mar. 2, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c[W]e hold that a finding that there was a lawful separate or independent investigation underway is not a per se requirement in every case for the inevitable discovery doctrine to apply. While a separate, untainted investigation may be the simplest &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63710\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inevitable-discovery","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63711,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63710\/revisions\/63711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}