United States v. Matlock

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1974-02-20

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Me. Justice Brennan, with whom Me. Justice Marshall joins, dissenting. I would not limit the remand to the determination whether Mrs. Graff was in fact a joint occupant of the bedroom with sufficient authority to consent to the search. In my view the determination is also required that Mrs. Graff consented knowing that she was not required to consent. “It wholly escapes me how our citizens can meaningfully be sa…

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