The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sherwin, 539 F.2d 1 (9th Cir. 1976):
Other cases have regarded the taking of objects discovered in a private search as a reasonable seizure under fourth amendment standards. United States v. Ogden, 485 F.2d 536, 540 (9th Cir. 1973) (exigent circumstances justified warrantless seizure); United States v. Tripp, 468 F.2d 569, 570 (9th Cir. 1972), cert. denied, 410 U.S. 910, 93 S.Ct. 965, 35 L.Ed.2d 272 (1973) (warrantless seizure justified by plain view doctrine).
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