State v. Heckathorne

How courts have described this case

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• noting that no warrant is required for the seizure of items in plain view because no privacy interest exists for items in plain view
• noting that a probable cause determination for a warrantless search can be based on an individual's training and expertise that \provide[s] the knowledge that turns various sensory clues into probable cause\
• reaffirming the principle that opening a lawfully seized container that does not reveal or announce its contents is a search that must be justified by a warrant or an exception to the warrant requirement
• “[The] individual expertise and training [of a police officer] may provide the knowledge that turns various sensory clues into probable cause.”
• same result for lawfully seized opaque metal cylinder where the smell of gas escaping from cylinder provided probable cause to believe cylinder contained unlawful substance
• same result for lawfully seized opaque metal cylinder where the smell of gas escaping from cylinder provided probable cause to believe cylinder contained unlawful substance

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