CH>SK>Let me dumb it down for you....Probable cause FIRST, then you
CH>seize "stuff" and analyze it.
CH>The manner in which the drugs were seized was not part of the 
CH>discussion. 
Not in your discussion, right. 
CH> It was a given that the officer was examining them.
After probable cause to do so, sure.
CH>However, to answer your question "plain view" is an exception to
CH>the warrant requirement.
Yep, and being in plain view and having the look of something illegal 
the cop would have probable cause to look at the stuff, and to search 
the car, and to search the occupants, etc.  
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