The ______ holds that if a police officer sees an incriminating object in plain view during a legitimate stop, he or she may seize the object.

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The plain view doctrine allows a police officer to seize, without a warrant, evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a lawful observation. This doctrine applies when the officer has a legal right to be observing the place where the evidence is plainly visible, the discovery of the evidence is inadvertent, and it is immediately apparent that the items are evidence or contraband.

The ______ Holds That If a Police Officer Sees an Incriminating