Opinion ID: 1726012
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Heading: The tennis shoe

Text: Tennis shoes discarded after the crime were found by the police as a result of in-custody statements given by Burkhart and Morris. The state sought to introduce one of the shoes as one which made tracks at the scene of the crime. The state did not introduce Burkhart's statement. Burkhart objected to introduction of the tennis shoe as an exhibit on the ground that Morris's statement had not been voluntary and the shoe should be excluded because it would not have been found but for Morris's statement. He contends it was fruit of the poisonous tree and its admission violated his Fourth Amendment rights, citing Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963). Fourth Amendment rights are personal rights which may not be vicariously asserted. Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128, 99 S.Ct. 421, 58 L.Ed.2d 387 (1978). Evidence is not to be excluded unless the admission of it would violate the constitutional rights of the defendant on trial as opposed to the rights of some other person. United States v. Payner, 447 U.S. 727, 100 S.Ct. 2439, 65 L.Ed.2d 468 (1980).