Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. O'Neal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 15, 1981No. 993PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’KICKI, Judge:
This appeal arises from conviction and sentence of Gaston Wayne O’Neal for theft. Sentence was entered on May 3, 1979.
Three issues are present in the instant case: Does a lessee of a home have authority to consent on behalf of a house guest to a search of a bedroom used exclusively by the temporary gratuitous guest? If such a lessee has the authority, was his consent to search voluntarily given, and not the result of duress or coercion, express or implied? When a search is conducted pursuant to lessee’s consent, is it necessary for the Commonwealth to establish that the police…
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- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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