135 Ohio App. 3d 253 - State v. Scott M.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
August 2014
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Katz v. United States · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · United States v. Leon · Payton v. New York · Mincey v. Arizona
Most-quoted passages
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“The following test is used to validate a law enforcement officer's warrantless seizure of an object in plain view: (1) the officer did not violate the Fourth Amendment in arriving at the place from which the object could be plainly viewed, (2) the officer has a lawful right of access to the object, and (3) the incriminating character of the object is immediately apparent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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