Legal Opinion
Yuma County Attorney v. McGuire
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided February 27, 1975No. 11867PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Justice.
The Yuma County Attorney filed a petition for special action and this court accepted jurisdiction. Petitioner contends that the respondent judge erred in suppressing evidence seized in a warrantless search. The simple issue as stated by the petitioner and concurred in by respondents is:
“May a spouse give consent to the search of their home when each spouse exercises control and dominion over the house ánd the other spouse is not present but is a suspect to a crime.”
It is difficult to fault the judge for ruling as he did for this question was answered negatively by the Supreme…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Chester Nelson v. People of the State of California, Robert A. Heinze, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- State v. PinaArizona Supreme Court · 1963
- Michael Pasterchik v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Raymond Craig Wilson, United States of America v. Wilbert PolkCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. WoratzeckArizona Supreme Court · 1982
- State v. SummerlinArizona Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. TrujilloNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1981
- Braund v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2000
- People v. JamesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990
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