Minnesota v. Dickerson is considered by many to be the case that officially recognized the doctrine known as plain touch (sometimes called plain feel).

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Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993) is a landmark Supreme Court case that extended the plain view doctrine to include the sense of touch under certain circumstances, officially recognizing the "plain feel" or "plain touch" doctrine. This doctrine allows a police officer to seize evidence without a warrant if they lawfully pat down a suspect's outer clothing and immediately recognize the item as contraband or evidence of a crime based on its feel.

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