The open field doctrine states that officers are allowed to search and take evidence on private property outside of the immediate vicinity of a dwelling without obtaining a warrant.
- A "warrantless search of the area outside a property owner's curtilage" does not violate the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, according to the open-fields doctrine (also known as the open-field doctrine or open-fields rule) in American criminal procedural law.
- Explains that as long as objects are immediately recognizable as being subject to seizure and are within the sight of an officer who is legally present in the location from where the view is made, they may be properly confiscated without a warrant (illegal).
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