INADVERTENT DISCOVERY

inadvertent discovery.Criminal procedure. A law-enforcement officer’s unexpected finding of incriminating evidence in plain view. • Even though this type of evidence is obtained without a warrant, it can be used against the accused under the plain-view exception to the warrant requirement. [Cases: Searches and Seizures 48. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures § 68.]

[Blacks Law 8th]