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Task: Consent Search-Contradictory Co-Occupants






          Fernandez v. California, 134 S. Ct. 1126 (U.S. 2014).





          •Consent is valid if made by someone who has authority to consent and

          no co-occupant is physically present and objecting.

          •In the event that law enforcement has removed a co-occupant, even

          one who has previously objected to law enforcement’s entry, the

          consent of the occupant who is present is valid as long as the removal

          of the objector was objectively reasonable.


          •Where the removal was the result of a valid detention or valid arrest,

          the removal is objectively reasonable.













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