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Detail the concept for admissibility of plain sight evidence and the legal requirements for the investigator to invoke a plain sight seizure.
Explain how evidence that would have been found without the questionable search that violates the exclusionary rule could ultimately be admissible as evidence.
Relate how the court views investigators and realizes that human error will sometimes result in faulty paperwork. Explain how the court allows for such errors in the "Good Faith" principle
Select two of the three concepts known as dying declaration, the silver platter rule, and exigent circumstance expound on the meaning of each and why the court believes in such exceptions to constitutional requirements
Articulate the types of situations where it is permissible to lie to a suspect to elicit a confession. What aspects would be allowed by the court and what would be prohibited.

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This solution explains admissible evidence in the exclusionary rule. The sources used are also included in the solution. 712 words.

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When there is plain sight evidence of contraband or other evidence made when the officer is in a place where he has the right to be is admissible. (See: North v. Superior Court (1972) 8 Cal.3rd,301, 306). When a police officer observes criminal activity from a place accessible to general public, the observation is not search (United States v. Garcia (9th Cir. 1993) 997 F.2nd 1273, 1279),
The legal requirements for plain sight seizure are that the officer must have reasonable cause to believe that a particular crime has been committed, the evidence must not be obtained from invasion, intrusion, or illegal entry, the evidence must be in plain sight or readily accessible to routine inspection, the evidence shows a commission of crime, and the seizure is necessary to preserve potential evidence. (People v. Curley (1970) 12 Cal.App.3rd 732)

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