Upon entering a property without a warrant during exigent circumstances, what can police do if they see illegal items?

When police enter a property without a warrant due to exigent circumstances, they may legally seize items that are in plain view if they are immediately identifiable as evidence of a crime. This principle is known as the "plain view" doctrine, which allows officers to take action when they observe illegal items clearly visible to them while they are lawfully present in a location.

In this situation, the officers did not need a warrant to seize the items they saw because they were already justified in entering the property under exigent circumstances, such as the risk of evidence destruction or immediate danger. The key factors allowing for the seizure are that the police must be lawfully present at the location, the items must be immediately identifiable as contraband or evidence of a crime, and they must not have moved or searched for the items in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures.

As for the other choices, documenting the presence of the items would not lead to any action being taken against the evidence, and while requesting a warrant is a procedure that can be followed, it wouldn’t be necessary in the context of plain view. Interrogating suspects present is also not a direct action linked to the observation of illegal items and can raise issues of coerc