The following excerpt is from United States v. Bazar, Case No.: 15-CR-499-BEN (S.D. Cal. 2015):
Under the plain-view doctrine, an officer may lawfully seize evidence without a warrant if the officer lawfully arrived at the place where the evidence could be plainly viewed, and the incriminating character of the evidence was immediately apparent. Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128, 135-36 (1990).
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