Opinion ID: 1962272
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Heading: Finally, Appellant

Text: cannot claim immunity from prosecution simply because his appearance in court was precipitated by an unlawful arrest . . . . [Appellant] is not himself a suppressible `fruit [of the poisonous tree],' and the illegality of his detention cannot deprive the Government of the opportunity to prove his guilt through the introduction of evidence wholly untainted by the police misconduct. Id. at 474, 100 S.Ct. at 1251 (citations omitted) (footnote deleted). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's holding that under the totality of the circumstances in this case, the influences for a misidentification were [not] so great as to render [the complainant's] in-court identification offensive to the fairness mandated by due process. Commonwealth v. Floyd, 494 Pa. at 543, 431 A.2d at 987.