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plain feel doctrine  

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  • The plain feel doctrine permits a police officer to seize an object if it is apparent through a lawful pat-down of a suspect that the object or good is contraband. An authorized seizure of this sort is not an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Plain Feel Doctrine]

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