Opinion ID: 2042740
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Heading: incriminating nature immediately apparent

Text: Officer Murphy testified that he had received training in the identification of illegal weapons. He further testified that he observed a sawed-off shotgun sitting on a coffee table a short distance from where he was standing. Murphy's testimony reflects that the incriminating nature of the contraband was immediately apparent to him. The fact that Officer Murphy, while remaining standing by the door, looked around the mobile home for illegal weapons does not invalidate the seizure of the short shotgun. The fourth amendment does not prohibit the warrantless seizure of contraband or evidence of a crime in plain view, even though the discovery of the evidence was not inadvertent. See Horton v. California, ___ U.S. ___, 110 S.Ct. 2301, 110 L.Ed.2d 112 (1990). See, also, U.S. v. Cardona-Rivera, 904 F.2d 1149 (7th Cir. 1990). The suppression order of the district court for Adams County is reversed. The cause is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion. REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.