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You are on patrol one afternoon and receive a call to assist the fire department with a fire in a rural area. When you arrive at the scene you discover a working fire at a barn that was approximately 100 feet from the owner's house. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire with minimum damage to the structure. A fireman approaches you and states there is something in the barn you need to see. When you ask what it is, the fireman responds "I just think you need to see this".

You enter the barn and see several automatic rifles stacked against the rear wall. As you walked up the weapons you also noticed numerous cases of ammunition and two bricks of suspected marijuana.

Since the weapons and marijuana were in plain sight can you seize them and charge the occupants(s) of the residence or should you first obtain a search warrant? Did you have a legal reason to enter the barn? Can you finish searching the barn? Can you search the home? What was the probable cause (if any) for taking any legal action? Explain your answer.

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