Third-party consent to police search ruling [US SC]

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Third-party consent to police search ruling [US SC]

March 22, 2006 10:22:00 pm

Georgia v. Randolph, Supreme Court of the United States, March 22, 2006 [holding that a physically present co-occupant's stated refusal to permit entry renders warrantless entry and search unreasonable and invalid as to him]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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