The ______ holds that if a police officer sees an incriminating object in plain view during a legitimate stop, he or she may seize the object.

a. plain view doctrine
b. inevitable discovery doctrine
c. inevitable source doctrine
d. fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine


Answer: a. plain view doctrine

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