During an inventory, an officer picks up a jacket from the seat of the vehicle. Underneath the jacket was a clear baggie containing drugs. The doctrine which allows the officer to seize the drug evidence is the plain view doctrine.

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The plain view doctrine allows law enforcement officers to seize evidence of a crime, without a search warrant, if they are lawfully present at the location where the evidence is in plain sight.

During an Inventory, an Officer Picks Up a Jacket from the Seat