A Patrol Officer Is Chasing a Suspect Fleeing from an Armed

Multiple Choice

A patrol officer is chasing a suspect fleeing from an armed robbery in which the suspect fired a pistol. The suspect flees into his own home, where the officer enters and arrests the suspect. An immediate search of the suspect reveals an empty shoulder holster. Without advice of rights, the officer asks the suspect the whereabouts of the gun. The suspect states that he threw it into the trash bin as he ran through the house. The weapon is found. The _____ exception would probably form the most effective legal argument to make the gun admissible at trial.

A) derivative evidence
B) good faith
C) inevitable discovery
D) attenuation