Supreme Court Tackles Consent to Search Issue
by TChris
When the police want to search a residence, a savvy occupant will just say no -- at least when the police have no search warrant. But what if the police keep asking residents until they find someone who says yes?
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether one occupant may give the police consent to search a residence, even though the other occupant already has objected.
Scott Fitz Randolph's wife called the police to report a domestic dispute. She told the arriving officers that Randolph had drugs on the premises. Randolph refused their request to search for the drugs, so the officers asked the wife, who consented.
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