Opinion ID: 1638526
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Heading: whether the trial court erred in admitting the evidence seized from the landfill.

Text: ¶ 52. The standard of review for the suppression of evidence is abuse of discretion. Miss. Transp. Comm'n v. McLemore, 863 So.2d 31, 34 (Miss.2003). ¶ 53. Chamberlin asserts that the trial court should have suppressed the evidence found in seven plastic bags recovered from the Russell County Dump in Russell County, Kansas. This evidence included Hullett's work uniform, a pillow, a photograph of the pillow, a woman's purse, a coin purse, a cigarette case, keys, camera and photos, a wallet, remains of Hullett's driver's license and paperwork, a partially completed Mississippi accident report form, a direct-deposit card, a Hattiesburg telephone directory, and the cardboard center from a roll of duct tape. Chamberlin argues that the evidence was recovered as a result of information obtained from her statements on March 30 and therefore, should have been excluded, since the officers initiated the interrogations on the morning of March 30, after Chamberlin invoked her Miranda rights. ¶ 54. The Miranda rule is employed to protect against violations of the Fifth-Amendment Self-Incrimination Clause. United States v. Patane, 542 U.S. 630, 636, 124 S.Ct. 2620, 159 L.Ed.2d 667 (2004). The exclusionary prohibition against fruit of the poisonous tree applies to violations of the Fifth-Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590, 599, 95 S.Ct. 2254, 45 L.Ed.2d 416 (1975). Having found no Fifth-Amendment self-incrimination violation, we hold that the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is inapplicable to the evidence found in the dump. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the evidence in question, and this argument is without merit.