Opinion ID: 1288237
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Evidence recovered from the Hauanios' hotel room

Text: The circuit court suppressed the evidence recovered from the Hauanios' hotel room as fruits of prior constitutional violations. See COL 5(b). Because we held that the inculpatory statements and the consent were induced as a result of a prior illegal search, and because the search of the hotel room was a direct result of the statements and consent to search, we hold that the evidence recovered amounts to fruits of the prior illegality. The prosecution nonetheless contends that the evidence obtained from the hotel room as a result of the waivers would have inevitably been discovered in the course of Sergeant Magnani's investigation. Upon reviewing the record before us, we are unable to find any evidence to support the prosecution's contention. Accordingly, we disagree and hold that the prosecution has failed to meet its burden of demonstrating, through clear and convincing evidence, that the evidence recovered from the Hauanios' hotel room would have been inevitably discovered by Sergeant Magnani.