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Officers investigating a burglary traced a stolen laptop to a house using the laptop's location software. They had probable cause but no warrant. When they arrived, they heard shouting inside and a crash that sounded like breaking glass. Through a front window, an officer saw a person lying on the floor and another person carrying a backpack toward the kitchen. The officers entered without knocking. They found the person on the floor unconscious, saw the stolen laptop on a coffee table, and arrested the person with the backpack. After the arrest, an officer opened a closed bedroom closet during a "protective sweep" and found a locked safe. The officer opened the safe without a warrant and found jewelry from the burglary.
The defendants move to suppress the laptop, backpack contents, safe, and jewelry.
Analyze the Fourth Amendment issues involving entry, plain view, protective sweep, and the safe.