Officers Executing a Lawful Search Warrant for Stolen Guns Have

question 58

Multiple Choice

Officers executing a lawful search warrant for stolen guns have located all the weapons listed in the search warrant. An officer is admiring the suspect's beer mug collection and takes down a mug from a shelf and discovers marijuana inside it. The officer should _____.

• A) replace the marijuana and go get another warrant
• B) justify the seizure of the marijuana as plain view
• C) call the judge to amend the warrant
• D) realize that the marijuana is inadmissible under the plain view doctrine

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