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Petition of the day

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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.

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/