| Court: | US Supreme Court |
| Facts: | Brown is the subject of a valid traffic stop. Officers shine a light into his car, and they see him take his hand from his pocket and drop an opaque baloon onto the seat. They also looked in the open glove compartment and saw powder, vials, and baloons. They ordered Brown from the car and siezed he baloon. |
| Posture: | Unknown |
| Issue: | Was the seizure of the baloon valid under the plain view rule? |
| Holding: | Yes. |
| Rule: | "Immediately apparent" doesn't require a higher degree of certainty than probable cause. |
| Reasoning: | Edited out. |
| Dicta: | |