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Task: Plain View Seizure
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Horton v.California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990).

Officers may seize, without a warrant, items of evidence and
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contraband that are in plain view, subject to the following limitations:

• Officer must be lawfully present in an area protected by the 4
th
Amendment when he observes the item in plain view.
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• Officer must immediately have probable cause to believe the item is

evidence or contraband without making any further intrusion.

• The slightest movement to determine if the item is evidence or
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contraband will constitute a “further intrusion” and invalidate the

plain view seizure.

• The finding of the evidence need not be “inadvertent” as had been

required in previous cases.
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