Plain View Observations Sample Clauses

Plain View Observations. If a police officer has lawfully stopped a motor vehicle and is questioning the operator, any incriminating item in or on the vehicle observed in plain view, including anything observed with the use of a 56 Commonwealth ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 37 Mass. App. Ct. 774, 643 N.E.2d 1059 (1995). 57 U.S. ▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇.▇. ▇▇▇, 102 S.Ct. 2157 (1982); Commonwealth v. Cast, 407 Mass. 891, 556 N.E.2d 69 (1990). 58 Commonwealth. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 407 Mass. 909, 556 N.E.2d 65 (1990). 59 Commonwealth ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, 376 Mass. 349, 380 N.E.2d 669 (1978); Commonwealth v. A Juvenile (No.2), 411 Mass. 157, 580 N.E.2d 1014 (1991); Commonwealth ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 412 Mass. 295, 588 N.E.2d 667 (1992). 60 Commonwealth ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 356 Mass. 337, 251 N.E.2d 894 (1969). 61 Commonwealth ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 389 Mass. 137, 449 N.E.2d 349 (1983). flashlight, may furnish probable cause to search the vehicle and seize the item observed without a warrant.62