State v. Ridgway’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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1. “Contraband not listed in a search warrant may be seized if found in accordance with the “plain view” doctrine during the course of the search. It must be readily apparent that the items are contraband. It is no longer necessary that the discovery of the unlisted evidence be inadvertent. In this case, the officers were justified in opening the photo albums to search for additional drugs, paraphernalia, or written evidence of drug transactions. As soon as the albums were open, at a minimum, it was readily apparent that the photographs could be seized as evidence of Mr. Ridgway’s lewd and lascivious conduct with a child. The remaining photographs were also lawfully found during the search. Accordingly, the trial court erred in granting this motion to suppress the photographs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Franklin