Comment on why you think each are legal or illegal

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Question: A police officer responds to a wellness check at a home. The man who lives there opens the door, and in the course of the conversation, the officer notices what appears to be white powder on a table visible throughout the doorway. He enters and investigates, though he soon determines the powder is just baking soda (the man explains he's making a science fair volcano). The officer then asks the man if he can look in his kitchen. The man says no, but the officer does so anyway, and finds what is determined to be heroin in one of the cabinets. From the kitchen, the officer can see into in the yard and finds marijuana plants being grown without proper legal permission. The man is arrested, but ultimately the situation is resolved with a suspended sentence.

Several months later, the same officer runs into the same man walking down the sidewalk. Remembering their previous interaction, the officer frisks the man's clothing, finding nothing noteworthy. Despite this, he arrests the man, and in the course of looking through his wallet, finds a small baggie of cocaine.

Specify the searches and seizures conducted in this scenario, and comment on why you think each are legal or illegal.

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