Discuss the meaning of the following statement of the U.S. Supreme Court: “‘Plain view’ is perhaps better understood . . . not as an independent ‘exception’ to the warrant clause, but simply as an...

Discuss the meaning of the following statement of the U.S. Supreme Court: “‘Plain view’ is perhaps better understood . . . not as an independent ‘exception’ to the warrant clause, but simply as an extension of whatever the prior justifi cation for an offi cer’s ‘access to an object’ may be.” Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 738–39 (1983).