debs
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Maybe because Casey hadn't been arrested yet? Seems to me, they would have needed a subpoena to look through her bag/stuff. She probably gave them permission to get the phone (with all the #s, remember? Yeah, right!) and were clueless about her belongings being there till further discussion that evening.
This is covered by the "plain view" doctrine which allows an officer to search items found in ......well, plain view. Which then begs the question: If they showed up at Tony's apartment to pick up her phone, and her computer and bags were there ....... why didn't Tony say "hey, here's her other stuff, do you need that too?" Why would LE not say "Hey, is there anything else of Casey's here that we can pick up?" Sorry....something is still wrong with this picture.