Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on May 30, 2017
The petition of the day is:
16-1141
Issue: Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits a warrantless search of a guest’s container found inside a home or vehicle searched by officers relying on consent given by the home- or vehicle- owner, who lacked actual authority to consent to the search of the container.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Payne v. West Virginia
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (May. 30, 2017, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/05/petition-of-the-day-1164/