FlyBoyd, you may not be a lawyer, but you've just given a very common sense explanation of the "inevitable discovery" doctrine that says evidence from an illegal search comes in if the evidence would have been inevitably discovered anyway.

I never cease to be amazed that people talk to the police when they've been arrested or otherwise obviously suspected of a crime. She's a senior military officer and smart enough to be an astronaut. You'd think when she heard those magic words, "You have a right to remain silent" she'd shut up.