§ Search & Seizure ▸ Plain View & Plain Smell

Plain View & Plain Smell

If you are lawfully present and the incriminating nature is immediately apparent, plain view lets you seize it. Smell is the harder question.

Cases

Arizona v. Hicks, 480 U.S. 321 (1987)
Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, 476 U.S. 227 (1986)
Harris v. US, 390 U.S. 234 (1968)
Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990)
Illinois v. Andreas, 463 U.S. 765 (1983)
Maryland v. Macon, 472 U.S. 463 (1985)
Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 (1993)
Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 (1983)
U.S. v. Downs, 151 F.3d 1301 (1998)
United States v Guzman, 48 F. App'x 158 (2002)
United States v. Lee, 274 U.S. 559 (1927)
United States v. Lovell, 24 F.3d 239 (1988)
US v. Grill, 46 F.4th 374 (2022)
US v. Nielsen, 9 F.3d 1487 (1993)
US v. Parker, 65 F.3d 178 (1995)
Washington v. Chrisman, 455 U.S. 1 (1982)