This is for criminal justice class. There are no references needed. Officer Jones of the Police Department of Brazos State University was informed by one of the dormitory resident assistants that student Tim had drugs in his room in a campus fraternity house. Acting on this information, Officer Jones knocked at Tims door and asked if he could look around. Officer Jones was admitted by Tim. He immediately saw a suspicious bag on Tims desk. But before Officer Jones could seize it, Tim ran to the table, grabbed the pound of marijuana, and threw it out the window and onto the campus street below. Officer Jones hurriedly went down and recovered the contraband. Assume you are the prosecuting attorney in the case against Tim. What is your best ground for admissibility of this evidence in a criminal prosecutionplain view, abandonment, open fields, or none of the above? Select one, give reasons for your choice, and state why you would not choose the others.
