can be searched without a warrant if the officer sees drugs or guns in plain view (Jost 4). If an officer sees a drug deal happen, it should be well within his legal duty to be able to search the person who made the deal (Rosen 18). The different circumstances of whether a warrantless search would be permissible are what the courts determine.
             Two cases which the courts found warrantless searches not allowed are Knowles v. Iowa and Sibron v. New York. In the case of Sibron V. New York the courts found that a warrantless search was not allowed. Sibron was in a restaurant with three known drug addicts (Fagan 1903). The officer did not hear any conversations nor did he witn
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