Legal Opinion
United States v. Viento Lynn Childs
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1991No. 90-30429PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Viento Lynn Childs appeals from the denial of her motion to suppress evidence seized without a warrant from a houseboat she and Robert Moore shared as their residence. The district court concluded that Moore’s voluntary consent to the search justified the officers’ failure to obtain a warrant.
Childs seeks reversal on the following grounds:
One. The district court erred as a matter of law in concluding that law enforcement officers are not required to obtain a valid consent from each joint occupant, who is physically present, to justify a war-rantless search.
Two. The…
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