Legal Opinion
United States v. Sarah Calvetti
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 8, 2016No. 15-1526/1558PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which ROGERS and SUHRHEINRICH, JJ., joined. SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp. 671-72), delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
In this consolidated case, defendants Sarah Calvetti and Demás Cortez appeal their convictions for drug trafficking offenses. The precedentially significant issue raised is whether Calvetti’s consent to search her residence falls within the ambit of the Fifth Amendment. We hold that it does not. In doing so, we join the majority of our sister circuits in concluding that consenting to a search is not…
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