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When can officers conduct the warrantless Plain View Search?

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1. When can officers conduct the warrantless Plain View Search?

Probable Cause is the most important requirement to perform a legal search; it is a phrase taken directly from the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
As long as an officer has a legal right to be present on a scene, what they find in plain view accidentally or incidentally that is open to public inspection, they may confiscate without a warrant according to the plain view doctrine and/or if the item(s) is/are contraband or evidence of a crime
There must be probable cause to perform a search and if this probable cause is established through hearsay (which is information through a third party), then that information must be confirmed to be reliable, and verifiable, and not based on rumor or suspicion.
The Exclusionary Rule is important to law enforcement because it deals with cases that involves search and seizure, arrests, interrogations, and stop-and-frisk violations.

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