Fourth Amendment issues
type: Concept
narrower: plain feel doctrine

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: plain feel doctrine

plain feel doctrine
type: Concept
definition: 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]
broader: Fourth Amendment issues