Legal Opinion
Illinois v. Rodriguez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1990No. 88-2018PublishedCited by 2,203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*179Justice Scalia delivered
the opinion of the Court.
In United States v. Matlock, 415 U. S. 164 (1974), this Court reaffirmed that a warrantless entry and search by law enforcement officers does not violate the Fourth Amendment’s proscription of “unreasonable searches and seizures” if the officers have obtained the consent of a third party who possesses common authority over the premises. The present case presents an issue we expressly reserved in Matlock, see id., at 177, n. 14: Whether a warrantless entry is valid when based upon the consent of a third party whom the police, at the time of the…
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